COLORED

Colored

Colored is a term that was formerly used in the United States to refer to black people . According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word colored was first used in the 14th Century.

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colored

Noun

  1. A colored person.
  2. A colored article of clothing.

Verb

colored

Adjective

  1. Having a particular or kind of color.
  2. Having prominent colors; colorful.
  3. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
  4. Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
  5. Of neither black nor white skin color.


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