nigger

ˈnɪɡə(ɹ)

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#1·22h ago

(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see nigger#Usage notes, usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.

Origin: Borrowed from , from . Ultimately from , thus a . The expected Modern English pronunciation would be with ; compare neger. The modern pronunciation with may be due to influence from the Latin (compare the older Southern US pronunciation of negro with ), but compare the dialectal American pronunciations of eagle and eager as and . Compare , , , . First use appears c. 1577, in the writings of Edward Hellowes (fl. 1574–1601). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·22h ago

(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see nigger#Usage notes, usage notes) A member of any typically dark-skinned people (now especially in combinations like prairie nigger or sand nigger).

You are not even a nigger, you are an African.

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#3·22h ago

(AAVE) A friend, particularly a fellow black person (often as an informal term of address).

In a particularly sad portion of the Wells Report, Jonathan Martin laments being derided as a nigger to his face by Richie Incognito.

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