Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Negrito . - noun A silver ore, black sulphid of silver.
- Of or pertaining to the dwarfish negroid tribes of Africa. Also
Negrrio .
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Examples
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The Papuan race, the Negrillo race, the Australian race proper, distinct from one another, as well as from all other inhabitants of the earth, number each fewer inhabitants than already exist of the negro race in the United States alone, not to speak of Central and South America.
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
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Under the cover of this friendship, the Negrillo took his opportunity, as I shall relate, to do a treacherous act.
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But the Negrillo, without heeding the obligation imposed by kind deeds or by the good-will with which they had been conferred upon him, seized his host unawares, and took his life, also slaying all the other members of his family -- men, women, and children.
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Then they went in pursuit of some Indian, whom they killed in retribution for the Negrillo who had died.
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The Papuan race, the Negrillo race, the Australian race proper, distinct from one another, as well as from all other inhabitants of the earth, number each fewer inhabitants than already exist of the negro race in the United
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840
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British anthropology of Papuans, 1820-1869 epress. anu.edu.au The Negrito and Negrillo: That's
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British anthropology of Papuans, 1820-1869 epress. anu.edu.au The Negrito and Negrillo: That's
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a relationship -- with a leading Negrillo, who was also headman among his people.
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