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Afro
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Afro
(noun)
Afro-
(combining form)
Afro–American
(noun)
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Afro
/
ˈ
æfroʊ/
noun
plural
Afros
Afro
/
ˈ
æfroʊ/
noun
plural
Afros
Learner's definition of AFRO
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count
]
:
a hairstyle in which very curly hair is shaped into a smooth round ball
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see
picture
at
hair
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Afros
were often worn by black people in the 1970s.
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