Negrillo

[ ni-gril-oh ]

noun,plural Ne·gril·los, (especially collectively) Ne·gril·lo.
  1. a member of any of various small-statured, Indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.

Origin of Negrillo

1
First recorded in 1850–55; from Spanish negrillo, equivalent to negro “black” + -illo, diminutive suffix; cf. Negrito

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Negrillo

/ (nɪˈɡrɪləʊ) /


nounplural -los or -loes
  1. a member of a dwarfish Negroid race of central and southern Africa

Origin of Negrillo

1
C19: from Spanish, diminutive of negro black

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