Also with capital initial. Designating a member of any dark-skinned group of peoples, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent. Also…

Of or relating to the Moors; resembling a Moor; Moorish.

Of or relating to Africa (originally with reference to the ancient Roman province of Africa; subsequently to the continent as a whole); belonging…

Belonging to a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native to sub-Saharan Africa. Formerly frequently with implication of being a slave. In…

Black; African. rare.

= Negro, adj.

Of or relating to Ethiopia or its people. Also: dark-skinned or black; cf. sense B. 2 (now historical). Cf. Abyssinian, n. 3.

Being a dark-skinned person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; belonging or relating to dark-skinned people of sub-Saharan African origin or…

Abyssinian (now historical); Ethiopian.

offensive. Designating a black person, esp. one from southern Africa; of or relating to such a person. In later use derogatory.

Originally: of, relating to, or characteristic of Nigritia. Also more generally, and in later use: black African or African American.

Of or relating to Ethiopia, Ethiopian. Cultural Anthropology. = Ethiopian, adj. 2. Now historical.

spec. offensive and derogatory. Designating a black or (formerly also) mixed-race person; of or relating to a black person or black people. Cf…

attributive. Black; black-skinned.

Of a person: black or dark-skinned.

Resembling or having some of the physical features or characteristics of a black person; spec. of, relating to, or designating the division of…

= Negroid, adj.

U.S. slang. (offensive and derogatory). Designating a black person; of, relating to, frequented by, or associated with black people. Cf. sense A. 3…

Originally: = Negrito, adj. Later: = Negroid, adj. Also as n.

Characteristic or suggestive of a black person; spec. characteristic of black slaves in the United States of America. In later use also: = Negroid…

= Negroid, adj.

Designating a division of humankind represented by the indigenous peoples of Africa; of or relating to this group; resembling (and thus supposedly…

slang. Designating a black or dark-skinned person. Now usually avoided as offensive.

Cultural Anthropology. Dark-skinned.

= Negro, adj.

Of the colour of tan or of tanned leather; of a yellowish or reddish brown; tawny; bronzed, sunburnt. Also: (rare) black, dark-skinned.