Negro-American (pluralNegro-Americans)

1. (dated,offensive) AblackAmerican.

   Synonyms:African-American;see alsoThesaurus:person of color

   • 1937,Claude McKay, edited byGene Andrew Jarrett,A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ:Rutgers University Press, published2007, page200:

     The English-speaking inspector smiled and asked me whether I was a Communist. I said that I was a poet and a great admirer of Victor Hugo. He said, “Well, I wouldn't wonder if aNegro-American had advanced ideas.”