negus — meaning in English

English meaning

• negus noun A king or ruler in Ethiopia; used as a royal title, with the emperor styled negusa nagast, "king of kings".

Senses

negus is used for these senses in English:

• negus (historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.

negus — full definition

1. noun A king or ruler in Ethiopia; used as a royal title, with the emperor styled negusa nagast, "king of kings".
2. noun A hot drink made from wine, usually port, mixed with hot water, sugar, lemon and spice.
3. noun A respelling of the racial slur nigga, used in hip-hop and online. Writers using it sometimes invoke the Ethiopian royal title above, but the two words are unrelated: the slur descends from Latin niger via Spanish and French, not from Amharic nəgus.