neger – English noun declension

English noun forms of neger

Noun: neger
Singularneger
Pluralnegers

Sample Sentences

  • The Parson still more eager, / Than lustful Turk or Neger, / Took up her lower Garment, / And said there was no harm in't, / According to the Text. [c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad)]

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nègre, from Spanish and Portuguese negro, ultimately from Latin niger. Doublet of negro and noir. See: Latin Nouns 'niger'.