negress
noun/ˈniːɡɹɪs/
Etymology From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro + -ess.
Now offensive and an ethnic slur
- Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character, volume 1, page 137:
- Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car. A negress acting as a chauffeur is still more extraordinary. Barely conceivable even in Harlem, but that was certainly where the car was from.1954, Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 6:
1 more example
- 1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)