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Nigritian, a. and n.|nɪˈgrɪʃ(ɪ)an|
[f. Nigriti-a (see def.) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to Nigritia, a region in Central Africa nearly co-extensive with the Sudan, the home of the most pronounced types of Negro peoples; hence, of or belonging to the Negro race.
1757J. Dyer Fleece iv. 128 Sailing the western coast of Afric's realms, Of Mauritania and Nigritian tracts. 1856J. L. Wilson Western Africa i. ii. 30 The inhabitants of Northern Guinea are known as the Nigritian family, from their supposed descent from the great Negro families living in the valley of the Niger. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 75 Two Nigritian lion-leopards of Rhodian marble. 1869Lubbock Preh. Times (ed. 2) xii. 377 Negroes of the true Nigritian stamp. 1881Featherman Soc. Hist. Mankind V. Introd. p. x, The Nigritian stock has branched out into four distinct races.
B. n. An inhabitant of Nigritia.
1881Featherman Soc. Hist. Mankind V. Introd. p. x, The Takroor Nigritians represent the original type without intermixture. |