a person with a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
person noun (people)
colored* | coloreds
(* colored may be used in a singular or plural context)
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color [American spelling] | colour [British/Canadian spelling] | Coloured [British/Canadian spelling] | coloured [British/Canadian spelling] | person of color [American spelling] | person of colour [British/Canadian spelling] | Colored [American spelling]
past participle adjective; in reference to "non-white skin", 1610s; past ...
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In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogeneous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia,... (35 of 2074 words, 4 images)
possessing colour | having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (especially in the phrase highly coloured) | [outdated, offensive] an ... (20 of 950 words, 27 definitions, 17 usage examples, pronunciations)
a person of mixed European and African or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991. Individuals ... (23 of 357 words)
having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral | imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality | [dated, ... (22 of 296 words, 7 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciation)
Having color | also "Colored": [offensive] ; Of or belonging to a racial group not categorized as white. | Black or African-American. | Of mixed ... (22 of 233 words, 10 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
having color | of a (specified) color | of a group other than the Caucasoid | [outdated] "black" | in South Africa, of racially mixed parentage | ... (22 of 40 words, 6 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
A non-white person. (3 of 7 words)
a person of a race other than the white or of mixed race (13 of 31 words)
[usually before noun] red, green, orange etc instead of black and white or transparent | coloured hair has been treated with a chemical to make it a ... (26 of 107 words, 4 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
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having color. | [offensive] belonging wholly or in part to a race other than the white, especially to the black race. | [offensive] pertaining to the ... (24 of 78 words, 8 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
having or producing a colour or colours (7 of 18 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
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[dated] used to describe a person who has black or brown skin. This word is now considered offensive by most people | [dated] in South Africa, ... (25 of 69 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
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[dated] a person who has black or brown skin. This word is now considered offensive by most people. | [dated] in South Africa, a person of mixed race (27 of 40 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
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clothes that are any colour except white (7 of 18 words, pronunciations)
effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye ... (25 of 51 words)
belonging to a group of mixed ethnic origin, formerly a racial classification in the apartheid era | somebody whose ancestors were of both African and ... (24 of 58 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: late 14th century
Origin: past participle adjective; in reference to "non-white skin", 1610s; past participle adjective from "color".
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First use: early 13th century
Origin: "skin color, complexion", from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Mod.French couleur), from Latin color "color of ... (20 of 105 etymology words)
First use: 13th century
Origin: from Old French colour from Latin color tint, hue
Origin: Middle English colour, from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color, from Old Latin colos "covering", from Proto-Indo-European *kel- ("to cover, conceal"). Akin to Latin ... (28 of 44 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English and Old French colour from Latin color from ... | Latin colorare (13 of 28 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English colour, from Old French, from Latin color; see kel- [entry 1] in Indo-European roots.
First use: 13th century
Origin: Middle English colour, from Anglo-French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to conceal
First use: 13th century
Origin: Old French from Latin color
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