Negrillo

American  

[ni-gril-oh] / nɪˈgrɪl oʊ /

noun

plural

Negrillos,

plural

Negrillo

1. a member of any of various small-statured, Indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.

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Negrillo British  

/ nɪˈɡrɪləʊ /

noun

1. a member of a dwarfish Negroid race of central and southern Africa

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Etymology

Origin of Negrillo

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

Example Sentences

Lourdes Negrillo, from Vallejo, a producer from the Jaén province in southern Spain, said: “It didn’t rain as much as it should’ve done in the spring and that doesn’t help with the feeling about this next crop. I think that the new crop won’t be as bad as last year but probably the olives will be smaller and have less quantities of oil. If it rains in September and October then we will get a bit more. It will be a different picture.”

From The Guardian

Some ores are as black as the dross of iron, and in which no silver is to be seen, which is called negrillo or blackish ore.

From Project Gutenberg

A Bissayan chief, who lived in his solitary house among the mountains, distant from the villages, had a friendship—or, for all I know, a relationship—with a leading Negrillo, who was also headman among his people.

From Project Gutenberg