Definition of Pickaninny in English :
Define Pickaninny in English
Pickaninny meaning in English
Meaning of Pickaninny in English
Pronunciation of Pickaninny in English
Pickaninny pronunciation in English
Pronounce Pickaninny in English
Pickaninny
see synonyms of pickaninnyNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Pickaninny
see synonyms of pickaninnynoun plural -nies
a variant spelling (esp US) of piccaninny
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Pickaninny
see synonyms of pickaninny nounWord forms: plural ˈpickaˌninnies
Slang, Dialectal, Obsolete
a black child
now an offensive termWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Pickaninny
see synonyms of pickaninnyn. pl. pick·a·nin·nies
Offensive
Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for a young black child.
The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.