Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Nigritian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Of or pertaining to
negroes .
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Examples
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Stature, curly hair, short head, and broad, flat nose -- these are all negritic characters, as is also the hairiness of the face and body.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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