Chigroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Chigro (複数形 Chigros または Chigroes)

1. (now offensive) A person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry.
   • 1957, Ian Fleming, Dr. No

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

   • 1963, Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, ‎Gillian Mais, Caribbean Cruise Holiday (page 17)

     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.

   • 2000, Philip Kerr, The Shot (page 42)

     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.