negress — ozdic

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noun

1

A black female.

Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]

1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)

noun

1

Alternative letter-case form of negress.

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2

ADJ.

all, good

NEGRESS + NOUN

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Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clappin

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1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, negress is marked as dated, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.