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Meanings of black person in English

Portuguese
negro
Catalan
negre
Spanish
negro

A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).

negro
Usage of black person in English
1
It seemed unthinkable then that a black person would be elected president.
The Guardian
2
He's a black person again. Mmusi Maimane is one of us now.
The South African
3
By this time I was scared to call myself a black person.
The Guardian
4
But the American black man is a unique kind of black person.
Black is the new white
5
And all of those things happened simply because I was a black person.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
6
I had never seen a black person before visiting the UK.
The Guardian
7
If you are a black person and you join that party…really?
The South African
8
I suddenly appreciated what a black person must feel like in North Dakota.
The Lost Continent
9
So what's it like to be a young black person here?
BBC
10
He hopes to get every black person in the U.S. to drink it.
The new yorker
11
The page's bio reads: If you're white, give a black person a plant.
The South African
12
The white gangster gets excited to see a real live black person here.
The Menstruating Mall
13
Hell, any black person pretty much the world over would have known it.
Sister Mine
14
Steve McQueen did not become the first ever black person to win best director.
The Irish Times
15
Basically, if a black person were to use this, would they eventually turn Caucasian?
The Guardian
16
Thanks to cellphones, every black person has a body-cam now.
The Guardian
This collocation consists of:
Translations for black person
Portuguese
negronegra
Catalan
negre
Spanish
negro
Black person through the time
Black person across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare