/ ˈæfrəʊ; NAmE ˈæfroʊ/ noun
( pl. -os ) a hairstyle sometimes worn by black people and popular in the 1970s, in which the hair forms a round mass of tight curls
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: independent usage of Afro- , or an abbreviation of African .
/ ˈæfrəʊ; NAmE ˈæfroʊ/ noun
( pl. -os ) a hairstyle sometimes worn by black people and popular in the 1970s, in which the hair forms a round mass of tight curls
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: independent usage of Afro- , or an abbreviation of African .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005