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COLORED PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does colored person mean?
• COLORED PERSON (noun)
The noun COLORED PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
Familiarity information: COLORED PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
colored; colored person
Hypernyms ("colored person" is a kind of...):
Black; Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))
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