Nigger n. : A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.

Example:
What is the definition of Nigger circa 1950's and before?

Taxonomy
racist, characters, slave, American English, language, song, niger, neger, mainstream, 2007-08-17, euphemism, non-white, renamed, English, 1970s, novel, the N-word, connotations.

Defination from the web:
Nigger is a pejorative term and common ethnic slur against black people, and is English slang. In denoting "black person", nigger originated as a variant of the Spanish and Portuguese noun negro (black) derived from the Latin adjective ...