house nigger
The term is a highly offensive racial slur historically used to describe a Black slave who worked in the slave owner's house, implying subservience and betrayal.
Definition
C2Historical Slavery
(offensive, derogatory)A Black slave who worked as a domestic servant in the slave owner's house rather than performing manual labor in the fields.
C2Ethnic Slur
(offensive, derogatory)A deeply derogatory term used to describe a Black person perceived as subservient or betraying their race.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "house nigger":
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