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negrophile

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who takes an interest in the black (negro) race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, offensive

Examples

  • 1803, Review of Second Voyage à la Louisiane by [Louis Narcisse] Baudry des Lozières in The Edinburgh Review, Volume 3, Number 5, October 1803, p. 82, In the form of a dedication to those colonists who have been ruined by the revolution of the ‘negrophiles,’ our author contrives to give a life and character of himself; reminds these unfortunate people [...] how he used to plead their causes for small fees; how he afterwards gave up the bar in order to fight for them [...]

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History

Etymology

From negro + -phile.