Meanings
plural niggerships
- broadlycountableethnicsluruncountablepreceded by a possessive pronounA title or term of address for a black person or association with a black person.
Origin
From nigger + -ship, modelled after kingship, lordship, etc.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
niggership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niggership
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