"farm nigger" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-farm nigger.ogg [Australia] Forms: farm niggers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} farm nigger (plural farm niggers)
  1. (ethnic slur, offensive, idiomatic) An inferior black person whose intellect is compared to that of a field hand. Tags: ethnic, idiomatic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-farm_nigger-en-noun-ALAFOB2C Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  2. (dated, now offensive) A black slave employed in manual labor. Tags: dated, offensive Categories (topical): Slaves
    Sense id: en-farm_nigger-en-noun-oopBiO9O Disambiguation of Slaves: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plantation nigger

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for farm nigger meaning in English (1.9kB)

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