(relational) of the Blacks of Africa or of African arts

(offensive or dated) negro / (now sometimes offensive) ghostwriter / (informal, derogatory, Louisiana, Cajun) friend, buddy / (informal, Louisiana, Cajun) honey, baby, precious (term of endearment)

a French surname from Occitan

Alternative letter-case form of nègre

(derogatory, of language) ineptly articulated; broken.

Alternative spelling of petit nègre

Alternative spelling of petit nègre

(derogatory) a pidgin language that West African soldiers historically used to communicate with the occupying French army. / (derogatory, by extension) any other language incompetently spoken.

(now sometimes offensive) ghostwriter

(simile, now offensive) to work one's fingers to the bone, to work like a dog, to work like a mule