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new negro

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
new ne-gro
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Popularized by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro (1925).

Inflected Forms

New Negroes (plural) New Negros (plural)

Questions

What does new negro mean?
An assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.
Where does new negro come from?
Popularized by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro (1925).

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