Negrito
toʊ noun, plural Ne·gri·tos, Ne·gri·toes.
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
Origin:
1805–15; < Spanish negrito, equivalent to negr(o) black + -ito diminutive suffix
1805–15; < Spanish negrito, equivalent to negr(o) black + -ito diminutive suffix
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| —n , pl -tos, -toes | |
| a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia | |
| [C19: from Spanish, diminutive of negro black] | |
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