noun Older Use: Usually Offensive.
- a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
noun
- a female Black person
n.1750, from French négresse, fem. of nègre “negro,” which came to French via Spanish or Portuguese (see Negro).
noun Older Use: Usually Offensive.
noun
n.1750, from French négresse, fem. of nègre “negro,” which came to French via Spanish or Portuguese (see Negro).