Meanings
nigra1
plural nigras
- ethnicoffensiveslurA black person.
She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.
2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN
Nigra2
plural Nigras
- Southern USalternativeAlternative form of Negro.
You can be very Christian and American, if you don't have any Nigras.
1957, John Bartlow Martin, The Deep South says "never."2 more examples
Listen, there's plenty of Nigras in this town have more money than you or I put together. There's Nigras driving great big Cadillacs all over Atlanta.
1975, Paul Good, The trouble I've seen: white journalist/Black movement“There's a nigra in the middle section,” she yelled, leaning forward. “A nigra in the middle section!”
2006, Zack C. Waters, Blood Moon Rider
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.
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nigra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigra
“nigra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigra. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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