nigger lover

English

Alternative forms

• niggerlover, nigger-lover

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Noun

nigger lover (plural nigger lovers)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person considered excessively fond towards, protective of, or considerate to blacks, especially (historical) an abolitionist as considered to be a race traitor.
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 195:

     At once he said, ‘If you're not careful, Matty dear, you'll become a proper little nigger-lover.’

   • 1991, Alan Morton Dershowitz, Chutzpah, page 83:

     If I am speaking about racial equality, it is because ‘kikes are nigger-lovers’.

Hypernyms

• race traitor

References

• “nigger, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.