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negrito

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Ne⋅gri⋅to

  [ni-gree-toh]
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–noun, plural -tos, -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; < Sp negrito, equiv. to negr(o) black + -ito dim. suffix
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Ne·gri·to   (nĭ-grē'tō)   
n.   pl. Ne·gri·tos or Ne·gri·toes
Anthropology A member of any of various peoples of short stature inhabiting parts of Malaysia, the Philippines, and southeast Asia.

[Spanish, diminutive of negro, Black person; see Negro.]
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