Negro
noun
(no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
Negroes
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pluralof Negro.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy held a secret meeting here yesterday with a group of prominent Negroes to obtain their views on methods of combating segregation and discrimination in the North,” Robinson’s article began.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
Reporter: The first thorough study of Negroes and how they live in this country was completed only a few months ago.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
In the same interview, he noted ruefully that although he sang music with “roots in the Black culture of American Negroes, Africa and the West Indies,” most of his fans were white.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
In 1680, the Virginia legislature passed “an act for preventing Negroes Insurrections” that forbid enslaved Africans from carrying weapons, gathering in public, and traveling without permission.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The benches in the hall were always full of sick and patient Negroes who waited for him, and sometimes even the front porch and his bedroom would be crowded.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
