PERSON OF COLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does person of color mean? 

• PERSON OF COLOR (noun)
  The noun PERSON OF COLOR has 1 sense:

1. (formal) any non-European non-white person

  Familiarity information: PERSON OF COLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSON OF COLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(formal) any non-European non-white person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

person of color; person of colour

Hypernyms ("person of color" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain usage:

formality (compliance with formal rules)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "person of color"):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

wog ((offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia)