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Negro

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a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

Related source terms

blackblack personblackamoor

Other meanings

2. adjective

relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

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