Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush negro

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: bush ne-gro
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of maroon (“escaped black person of the Caribbean and the Americas, or a descendant of such a person”).

Archaic; Offensive

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bush Negros (plural) Bush Negroes (plural)

Synonyms

Boschneger maroon

Questions

What does bush negro mean?: Synonym of maroon (“escaped black person of the Caribbean and the Americas, or a descendant of such a person”).

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