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English

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Etymology

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From nigger +‎ man.

Noun

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niggerman (plural niggermen)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black man.
    • 1992, Jill McCorkle, July 7th, page 178:
      “Well, what I didn't tell you is that her boyfriend is a niggerman, uh, Negro.”
      “Ernie, I thought you said you hired a nice girl!”
      “She seemed nice enough,” he stammers. “She can type and she seemed like a nice girl.”
    • 2010, Maryse Conde, Victoire: My Mother's Mother, page 66:
      Once she pushed open the door of one of these dives, a niggerman would be bound to mount her like a tambouyé, his drum. Afterward he would turn his back on her like Dernier did.
    • 2014, Marlon James, A Book of Night Women:
      They whip again and some of the niggermen turn back to work, but some still stand straight.