of color
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
- (chiefly US) Of a race other than white, especially black-skinned. [from 18th c.]
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 54:
- It is to him that we owe the story that Talleyrand outraged the susceptibilities of the Philadelphians by his open admiration for a woman of colour with whom he frequently appeared in public.
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 54:
Usage notes
Placed immediately after the noun, e.g., a writer of color, students of color. May be perceived as euphemistic.
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