negrophilen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈniːɡrə(ʊ)fʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈniɡrəˌfaɪl/

Forms: 1800s– negrophil, 1800s– negrophile. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French négrophile ; Negro n., -phile comb. form.

Etymology: Either < French négrophile (1800 as noun, 1808 as adjective) < négro- ( < nègre (see neger n.) + -o- -o- connective) + -phile -phile comb. form, or directly < Negro n. + -phile comb. form.

A. n.

A (white) person who is friendly or well-disposed towards black people; a person who advocates or supports the advancement of the interests or rights of black people.See usage note at Negro n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > one who

negrophile1803

negrophilist1842

Negroite1851

philomelanist1887

1803 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 82 Colonists who have been ruined by the revolution of the ‘negrophiles’.

1858 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life Ld. Macaulay (1883) I. 24 (note) The nigger driver and the negrophile are two odious things to me.

1868 W. R. Greg Lit. & Social Judgm. 447 An enthusiastic abolitionist and negrophile.

1889 Sat. Rev. 18 May 620/1 Like the work of all negrophils, it is sometimes wanting in criticism.

1936 H. Preece in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 36/2 Our indictments of the professional Negrophiles need not even be so personal.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 21/1 Many of the first explorers had an objectivity and sympathy with the indigenous people which would startle a modern negrophile.

2000 Guardian 23 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 28 (caption) Shipping heiress Nancy Cunard.., an ex-pat in Paris, epitomised the 20s negrophile.

B. adj.

Characteristic of or being such a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > liking for or sympathy with black people

nigger-loving1839

negrophilistic1872

negrophile1906

1906 N.E.D. at Negrophilistic Having Negrophil characteristics.

1910 Amer. Hist. Rev. 15 784 As Professor Burgess (whom no one accuses of being Negrophile) says [etc.].

1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. iii. 58 Pringle obtained and asserted the freedom of the Press... He had a negrophile bias and misrepresented much.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 947/2 The Little Colonel..is in love with Elsie Stoneman..daughter of a Negrophile congressman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negrophile
释义	negrophilen.adj. Brit. /ˈniːɡrə(ʊ)fʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈniɡrəˌfaɪl/ Forms: 1800s– negrophil, 1800s– negrophile. Also with capital initial. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French négrophile ; Negro n., -phile comb. form. Etymology: Either < French négrophile (1800 as noun, 1808 as adjective) < négro- ( < nègre (see neger n.) + -o- -o- connective) + -phile -phile comb. form, or directly < Negro n. + -phile comb. form. A. n. A (white) person who is friendly or well-disposed towards black people; a person who advocates or supports the advancement of the interests or rights of black people.See usage note at Negro n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > advocacy of black rights or interests > one who negrophile1803 negrophilist1842 Negroite1851 philomelanist1887 1803 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 82 Colonists who have been ruined by the revolution of the ‘negrophiles’. 1858 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life Ld. Macaulay (1883) I. 24 (note) The nigger driver and the negrophile are two odious things to me. 1868 W. R. Greg Lit. & Social Judgm. 447 An enthusiastic abolitionist and negrophile. 1889 Sat. Rev. 18 May 620/1 Like the work of all negrophils, it is sometimes wanting in criticism. 1936 H. Preece in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 36/2 Our indictments of the professional Negrophiles need not even be so personal. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 21/1 Many of the first explorers had an objectivity and sympathy with the indigenous people which would startle a modern negrophile. 2000 Guardian 23 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 28 (caption) Shipping heiress Nancy Cunard.., an ex-pat in Paris, epitomised the 20s negrophile. B. adj. Characteristic of or being such a person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [adjective] > liking for or sympathy with black people nigger-loving1839 negrophilistic1872 negrophile1906 1906 N.E.D. at Negrophilistic Having Negrophil characteristics. 1910 Amer. Hist. Rev. 15 784 As Professor Burgess (whom no one accuses of being Negrophile) says [etc.]. 1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. iii. 58 Pringle obtained and asserted the freedom of the Press... He had a negrophile bias and misrepresented much. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 947/2 The Little Colonel..is in love with Elsie Stoneman..daughter of a Negrophile congressman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1803
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