Meaning

3 senses

  1. A person of mixed European and African descent.

    a person of mixed European and African descent

  2. A person of mixed European and African descent.

    An African person with European ancestors.

  3. (South Africa)Synonym of colored (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).

Origin

From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably m

From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.

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Forms

plural: Eurafricans
SingularEurafrican
PluralEurafricans

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
AfropeanEuroafricancolored

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
euphoniumeuphoriaC2euphoricC2eurekaeuroA2EuropeanA2
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