negrero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From negro (black) + -ero. Compare Portuguese negreiro, Galician negreiro, Italian negriero, French négrier.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
negrero (feminine negrera, masculine plural negreros, feminine plural negreras)
- (relational) slave; proslavery (especially referring to black slaves)
- Synonym: (without distinguishing skin color) esclavista
Noun edit
negrero m (plural negreros, feminine negrera, feminine plural negreras)
- slaver, slave driver, slaveholder, slave trader (especially of black slaves)
- (by extension) slave driver (an employer who demands excessive work from the employee)
- slave ship
Further reading edit
- “negrero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014