Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US)A colored article of clothing.

  2. (South Africa, US)A person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian); a colored person.

    Farbiger, Farbige

    цветно́йcvetnój, цветна́яcvetnája

  3. (US, dated, offensive)A colored (nonwhite) person.

More definitions
  • a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
colored person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
colored person:

Forms

plural: coloreds

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive:colored personcoloured personcoloured

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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