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The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

A black woman; a female negro.

Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary.

ed Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.

A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head.

Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic.

A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] De Quincey. B. Edwards.

A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S. & West Indies]

A negro of the West Indies.

Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies. [Colloq.]

A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.

tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.

in different States since 1865 white person is construed as in effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark., Okla.); one having less than one eighth of negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); one having less than one fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having less tha…

A negro. [Low]

lso specifically among railroad men, in the army and navy, with provision for Indians and negroes, and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys' departments.

The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.