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negroid

The English word “negroid” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.

noun

  1. A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.

Etymology

From negro + -oid.

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