I. ˈnigə(r) noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of neger or niger (I)
1.
a. : negro — usually taken to be offensive
b. : a member (as an East Indian, a Filipino, an Egyptian) of any very darkskinned race — usually taken to be offensive
2. : any of several dark-colored insect larvae (as of some ladybugs and of the turnip sawfly)
3. : cotton spinner
4. : a steam-operated capstan for warping river steamboats over snags and shallows
5. : a long-toothed power-propelled lever arm used to position logs on a carriage (as in a sawmill)
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to divide (a log) by burning — usually used with off
niggered off into lengths — Conrad Richter
III. noun
: a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons
it's time for somebody to lead all of America's niggers … all the people who feel left out of the political process — Ron Dellums