Negrito
a member of any of various Indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
Origin of Negrito
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How to use Negrito in a sentence
Then he told Alila how the Negrito children are taught to use their bows and arrows when very young.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeWe heard a story here of a Negrito stealing a pig from two Ilongots who had a Negrito brother-in-law.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxIn their beginnings, these factors already manifest themselves in the wanderings of the Papuan and Negrito tribes.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtI had cured the old Negrito chief with it, and he was very grateful to me, and presented me with some very fine arrows in return.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid WalkerThe proof of these two tribes being Negrito is the strongest for the Hillunas.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for Negrito
/ (nɪˈɡriːtəʊ) /
a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia
Origin of Negrito
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