Meaning of Chigro | Babel Free

Definitions

A person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry.

offensive

Examples

“The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them.”

“If I had my life over again I should undoubtedly marry a Chigro (Chinese negress) for they are the loveliest and merriest girls I ever set eyes on.”

“Mary was a Chigro — half Chinese, half Negro — born in Kingston, Jamaica. In her it was a spectacularly successful combination for she was as beautiful and athletic as she was intelligent and industrious.”

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