Negro is a word that was used in the past to refer to someone with dark skin who comes from Africa or whose ancestors came from Africa.
[offensive, old-fashioned]
Negro in British English1
(ˈniːɡrəʊ) offensive, old-fashioned
nounWord forms: plural-groes
1.
a member of any of the dark-skinned indigenous peoples of Africa and their descendants elsewhere
adjective
2.
relating to or characteristic of these peoples
Derived forms
Negroism (ˈNegroˌism)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Spanish or Portuguese: black, from Latin niger black
Negro in British English2
(ˈneɪɡrəʊ, ˈnɛɡ-)
noun
Río Negro
1.
a river in NW South America, rising in E Colombia (as the Guainía) and flowing east, then south as part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, entering Brazil and continuing southeast to join the Amazon at Manáus. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)
2.
a river in S central Argentina, formed by the confluence of the Neuquén and Limay Rivers and flowing east and southeast to the Atlantic. Length: about 1014 km (630 miles)
3.
a river in central Uruguay, rising in S Brazil and flowing southwest into the Uruguay River. Length: about 467 km (290 miles)
Negro in American English1
(ˈnigroʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈNegroes
1.
a member of any of the indigenous dark-skinned peoples of Africa, living chiefly south of the Sahara
2.
a person having some African ancestors; a black person
adjective
3.
of, relating to, or for Negroes
Word origin
Sp & Port negro, black, black person < L niger, black
Negro in American English2
(ˈneɪgroʊ; Portuguese ˈneɪgʀu; Spanish ˈneɪgʀɔ)
1.
river in N Brazil, flowing southeast into the Amazon, near Manaus: c. 1,400 mi (2,253 km)
2.
river in SC Argentina, flowing east into the Atlantic: c. 700 mi (1,127 km)