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Definitions of coloreds in various dictionaries:
noun - a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
noun - a nonwhite person -- an offensive term
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Plural form of colored. |
Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral. |
Wholly or partly of non-white descent. |
Used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white. |
A person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent. |
A person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue. |
Clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white. |
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Colored is an ethnic descriptor historically used in the United States (predominantly during the Jim Crow era) and the United Kingdom. In the US, the term initially denoted non-"white" individuals generally. The meaning was essentially the same in the UK, with "coloured" thus equivalent to "people of colour". However, usage of the appellation "colored" in the American South gradually came to be restricted to "negroes". Following the Civil Rights Movement, "colored" and "negro" gave way to "black" and (in the US) "African American". According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word colored was first used in the 14th century, but with a meaning other than race or ethnicity.In other English-speaking countries, the term often spelled coloured has varied meanings. In South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the term coloured (often capitalized) refers both to a specific ethnic group of complex mixed origins, which is considered neither black nor white, and in other contex |