Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

house nigger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: house- nig-ger
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black slave that worked as a domestic as opposed to manual laborer.

Dated; Offensive

noun

A subservient or accultured black person; an Uncle Tom or black race traitor.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"If massa was sick, house nigger would come 'round and say, “Massa we sick, ain't we?"
""You look like a house nigger.""

Etymology

By analogy with slaves that worked predominantly indoors during US slavery who were trained with more skills than basic field hands or plantation niggers.

Usage

Inflected Forms

house niggers (plural)

Questions

What does house nigger mean?: A black slave that worked as a domestic as opposed to manual laborer.
Where does house nigger come from?: By analogy with slaves that worked predominantly indoors during US slavery who were trained with more skills than basic field hands or plantation niggers.

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