- Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of any racial or ethnic origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.
- a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by Black people; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised:In his 1987 novel The Commitments, Roddy Doyle wrote, "The Irish are the niggers of Europe."
- an offensive term for a Black person
- (as modifier)
- an offensive term for a member of any dark-skinned race
- a hidden snag or hindrance
