Negro spiritual
World English Dictionary
Negro spiritual (ˈniːɡrəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South | |
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| negro spiritual | |
noun | |
| a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States [syn: spiritual] |
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Negro_spiritual
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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