nigger
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any racial or ethnic origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.
Offensive: Now Rare. a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by Black people; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised:In his 1987 novel The Commitments, Roddy Doyle wrote, "The Irish are the niggers of Europe."
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How to use nigger in a sentence
Lipsyte was curious—the nice part about tabula rasa is you see everyone anew—and had co-written Dick Gregory's nigger.
The black people had to sit outside the stadium on a red, dirt hill called 'nigger Hill.'
"Oh, I don't think he meant to be ill-mannered," interposed Betty mildly, as she reached nigger and he whinnied a welcome.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee Hopenigger, as his name implied, was a magnificent coal-black animal without a speck of white upon him anywhere.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee Hopenigger wigs are made of curly black horsehair fastened on to a black skull-cap.
The Peace Egg and Other tales | Juliana Horatia Ewing
nigger Jim and Stillwater Willie—in what back slough of vicissitude do they languish to-day?
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. ServiceMy father asked me where my eyebrows were, and I said, 'I reckon part of them are by the nigger church.'
Back at School with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for nigger
/ (ˈnɪɡə) /
an offensive term for a Black person
(as modifier): nigger minstrels
an offensive term for a member of any dark-skinned race
nigger in the woodpile old-fashioned, offensive a hidden snag or hindrance
Origin of nigger
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