nēˈgritude noun

1. (translation of Fr négritude, apparently invented by the poet Aimé Césaire) the essential quality shared by all black people (also nigritude)
2. Black identity, esp when viewed in a positive or empowering way

neˈgroid adjective

1. (also with cap) typical of black or African peoples
2. Having physical characteristics associated with black people

A negroid person

negroidˈal adjective

neˈgrōism noun

1. Any peculiarity of speech among black people, esp in the Southern USA
2. Devotion to the causes of the Black civil rights movement (old; sometimes derogatory)

neˈgrophil or neˈgrophile noun

A person who has sympathy for the plight of black people, esp one who actively supports the movement for greater political and social freedoms for oppressed blacks

negrophilism /ni-grofˈ/ noun

negrophˈilist noun and adjective

neˈgrophobe noun

Someone who dislikes black people

negrophoˈbia noun

neˈgro-corn noun (W Indies)

Durra

neˈgrohead noun

1. Tobacco soaked in molasses and pressed into cakes, so called from its blackness
2. An inferior rubber

Negro pepper see under pepper

Negro spiritual noun

An African-American religious song