PERSON OF COLOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does person of colour mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSON OF COLOUR (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 colour" 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 colour"):

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)