Negress
[ni:gris]
Definition
(n.) A black woman; a female negro.
Checked by Gregory
Examples
- It was ten o'clock at night before we ventured to creep in again, and then she asked Joe why he hadn't married a Negress Slave at once? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He's got a mammy, now, said the old negress. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Upon a pile of grasses at the far side of the room lay the Negress asleep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At her feet lay the prostrate form of the Negress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- After these came a huge Negress clothed like Solomon as to colors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When Jane and Esmeralda found themselves safely behind the cabin door the Negress's first thought was to barricade the portal from the inside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The old negress, in the abundance of her compassion, sat down on the bottom, and took his head in her lap. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It must have took her away, and the Negress commenced to sob, and wail her lamentations. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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