Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NE'GRO
NE'GRO, n. [It. and Sp. negro, black, from L. niger.]
A native or descendant of the black race of men in Africa. The word is never applied to the tawny or olive-colored inhabitants of the northern coast of Africa, but to the more southern race of men who are quite black.
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