négrier
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nègre + -ier. Compare Spanish negrero, Italian negriero, Portuguese negreiro, Galician negreiro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]négrier m (plural négriers, feminine négrière)
- a slaver, slave trader, slaveholder, slave driver (specifically black slaves)
- a slave ship
- (figuratively) a slave driver
Adjective
[edit]négrier (feminine négrière, masculine plural négriers, feminine plural négrières)
Synonyms
[edit]- esclavagiste (without distinguishing skin color)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “négrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.