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单词 nigger
释义 nig·ger
I. \ˈnigə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of neger or niger (I)
1.
 a. : negro — usually taken to be offensive
 b. : a member (as an East Indian, a Filipino, an Egyptian) of any very darkskinned race — usually taken to be offensive
2. : any of several dark-colored insect larvae (as of some ladybugs and of the turnip sawfly)
3. : cotton spinner
4. : a steam-operated capstan for warping river steamboats over snags and shallows
5. : a long-toothed power-propelled lever arm used to position logs on a carriage (as in a sawmill)
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to divide (a log) by burning — usually used with off
 < niggered off into lengths — Conrad Richter >
III. noun
: a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons
 < it's time for somebody to lead all of America's niggers … all the people who feel left out of the political process — Ron Dellums >
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