negreiro
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From negro (black) + -eiro. Compare Portuguese negreiro, Spanish negrero, Italian negriero, French négrier.
=== Adjective ===
negreiro (feminine negreira, masculine plural negreiros, feminine plural negreiras)
(relational) slave; (especially of black slaves)
=== Noun ===
negreiro m (plural negreiros, feminine negreira, feminine plural negreiras)
slaver, slave driver, slaveholder, slave trader (especially of black slaves)
(by extension) slave driver (an employer who demands excessive work from the employee)
=== Synonyms ===
escravista (without distinguishing skin color)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From negro (black) + -eiro. Compare Galician negreiro, Spanish negrero, Italian negriero, French négrier.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ne‧grei‧ro
=== Adjective ===
negreiro (feminine negreira, masculine plural negreiros, feminine plural negreiras, not comparable)
(relational) slave, proslavery (especially in relation to black slaves)
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
negreiro m (plural negreiros, feminine negreira, feminine plural negreiras)
slaver, slave driver, slaveholder, slave trader (especially of black slaves)
(by extension) slave driver (an employer who demands excessive work from the employee)
=== Synonyms ===
escravista (without distinguishing skin color)
=== Further reading ===
“negreiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“negreiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026