niger

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In the book "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word" by Randall Kennedy, the Harvard Law professor writes that the word is derived from the Latin word "niger" and the Spanish word

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  1. An obsolete spelling of nigger.

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  • You've got some in the front If you mean the Helleborus niger, they're not such good specimens. —  EQMM,January2007
  • In the book "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word" by Randall Kennedy, the Harvard Law professor writes that the word is derived from the Latin word "niger" and the Spanish word —  Independent Collegian RSS
  • Aspergillus niger, the source of KitoZyme's ingredient. —  CosmeticsDesign RSS
  • Quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses and certainly Vergil's verse was never used to a nobler purpose. —  The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
  • 'Quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses'" and certainly Vergil's verse was never used on a nobler occasion or to nobler purpose. —  The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919
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