| 单词 |
Negress |
| 释义 |
Negress|ˈniːgrɪs|
[ad. F. négresse: see Negro and -ess.]
A female Negro.
In recent years felt by some to have ‘racist’ connotations.
1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 31 The Princess remained in the company of her negresses. 1799Home in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 163 The most remarkable instance of this kind, that has come to my knowledge, was a Negress. 1817T. L. Peacock Melincourt I. 71 His gentleness and sweet temper winning the hearts of the negro and negress. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 101 A fine strapping young negress came out of the house. 1970J. Updike Bech: a Book 113 ‘In Travel Light, for example, you keep calling Roxanne a Negress.’ ‘But she was one.’ He added, ‘I loved Roxanne.’ ‘The fact is, the word has distinctly racist overtones.’ 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June 671/1 Blacks all over the world find the term ‘Negress’ offensive. What is wrong with saying ‘a Black woman’?
transf.1801Wolcot (P. Pindar) Tears & Smiles Wks. 1812 V. 58 Now Negress Night came solemn down. 1920E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 92 The negress Night, within her house of glass Watched the processions pass. |
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