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negroid

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'Negroid', 'negroid': /ˈniːɡrɔɪd/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnigrɔɪd/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nē′groid)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ne•groid /ˈnigrɔɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Physical Anthropologyof, relating to, or characteristic of the people traditionally classified as the Negro race.

n. [countable]
  1. Physical Anthropologya member of such peoples.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ne•groid  (nē′groid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Physical Anthropologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race.

n. 
  1. Physical Anthropologya member of such peoples.
  • Negr(o)- + -oid 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Negroid /ˈniːɡrɔɪd/(no longer in technical use) adj
  1. Also: Negroidal denoting, relating to, or belonging to a darker-complexioned supposed racial group of humankind. This group includes the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara, their descendants elsewhere, and some Melanesian peoples
 n
  1. a member of this supposed racial group
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