negro Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
    Negroid; blackamoor; Black; Black person.
  2. adjective satellite relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

WordNet

Ne"gro noun
Etymology
Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.
Wordforms
plural Negroes
Definitions
  1. A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found. 2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; an African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.]
Ne"gro adjective
Definitions
  1. of or pertaining to negroes; black. McElrath. McElrath.

Webster 1913