noun /ˈnɪɡə(ɹ)/
a) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent.
It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warnt ever sorry for it afterwards, neither.
b) A person of Negro descent who acts in an unapproved manner, usually as a badass.
The Captain was not a nice man. He called all natives ‘niggers’, which, besides being extreme bad form, shows gross ignorance.
See Also: negro
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