colored: Meaning and Definition of
col•ored
Pronunciation: (kul'urd), [key]
— adj.
- having color.
- belonging wholly or in part to a race other than the white, esp. to the black race.
- pertaining to the black race.
- influenced or biased: colored opinions.
- specious; deceptive: The authorities detected a colored quality in her statement.
- of some hue other than green.
—n.
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- a black person.
- the colored,black persons as a group.
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