Negress
noun/ˈniːɡres/
/ˈniːɡres/
(old-fashioned, offensive)- an old-fashioned, now offensive word for a woman or girl with dark skin, especially one who originally came from or whose ancestors came from AfricaWord Originlate 18th cent.: from French négresse, feminine of nègre ‘negro’.
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