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Meanings of colored person in English

Catalan
persona de color

A United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive.

persona de color
Synonyms
Examples for "colored"
Examples for "colored"
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Wired
2
This time he would not ask about a room for colored people.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
3
Three days later, the slightly fizzy copper-colored ale was ready for consumption.
Wired
4
It had not been a good idea to Use the colored girl.
Carrion comfort
5
But I thought you said you met her in the colored car?
Dreadnought
Usage of colored person in English
1
Every colored person on the place knowed where the pot was buried.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
2
That colored person is taking this boy somewhere for no good purpose.
Bob Chester's Grit; Or, From Ranch to Riches
3
Beth had not seen another colored person from that time until this.
A Little Florida Lady
4
No colored person was allowed to go within two squares of the prison.
Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts
5
He made her think of the first colored person she had ever seen.
A Little Florida Lady
6
A colored person will turn square about on seeing a funeral procession approaching.
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
7
Ain't nobody can get closer to a white person than a colored person.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
8
Through this fine lattice-work fence they discern the shining countenance of the colored person.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
9
He stopped at the curb and flagged down the first colored person he saw.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
10
I asked, beginning to be a good deal interested in this royal colored person.
A Jolly Fellowship
11
Her tones were almost like those of a colored person.
Tom Swift and His Airship
12
No ma'am, I never see but one colored person whipped.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
Does that discriminate in favor of the colored person?
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
14
I had never even spoken to a colored person.
The bay at midnight
15
Every colored person, and every friend of their persecuted race, kept their eyes wide open.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
16
He "never was for barbarizing a poor colored person at all."
A Florida Sketch-Book
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Translations for colored person
Colored person through the time
Colored person across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common