Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of any of various peoples of short stature inhabiting parts of Malaysia, the Philippines, and southeast Asia.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of a diminutive dark-skinned negro-like race found in the Philippine Islands (of which they seem to have been the original inhabitants), and in New Caledonia, etc., according to some authorities. The average height of the Negritos of the Philippine Islands is about 4 feet 8 inches. Also Negrillo.
  • noun An individual belonging to one of the dwarfish negroid tribes of southern Asia and Africa. Also Negrillo.
  • Of or pertaining to the Negritos.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, diminutive of negro, black person; see Negro.]

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Spanish diminutive of negro, i.e. "little black person".

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Examples

  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

    Page 2 2005

  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

    Page 2 2005

  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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  • El Negrito is a closet liberal and most of the time I find his wit tres amusant.

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