"yellow nigger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yellow niggers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yellow nigger (plural yellow niggers)
  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) An Asian person. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur Related terms: rice nigger
    Sense id: en-yellow_nigger-en-noun-M4sFtkvA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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