nigger lover

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nigger lover (plural nigger lovers)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white person considered excessively fond towards, protective of, or considerate to blacks.
    • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 195:
      At once he said, ‘If you're not careful, Matty dear, you'll become a proper little nigger-lover.’
    • 1991, Alan Morton Dershowitz, Chutzpah, page 83:
      If I am speaking about racial equality, it is because ‘kikes are nigger-lovers’.
  2. (historical) An abolitionist as considered to be a race traitor.
  3. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A non-black person who is romantically involved with or married to someone who is black.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nigger,‎ lover.

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