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Definition of "negroid" []

  • Having negro features racially. Pertaining to the racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world. (adjective)
  • A person with negroid characteristics. (noun)

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Use "negroid" in a sentence
  • "He stands in a measure intermediate between the nomad Pygmies of the forest and the desert, and the mixed races who may be called negroid but cannot strictly be called negro."
  • "Early photographs do show him looking somewhat negroid, with noticeably wiry hair."
  • "* Technically*, of course, it's just a mispronunciation of 'negro', which itself came from negroid."
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