coloured
/ (ˈkʌləd) /
possessing colour
having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)
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British Dictionary definitions for Coloured (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkʌləd) /
old-fashioned, offensive an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person
Southern African
a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent
a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue
old-fashioned, offensive designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people
usage For Coloured
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How to use coloured in a sentence
The organ gallery gets a strong white light from a row of long windows in the clerestory, which have not even coloured glass.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI smiled at her confusion and complimented her on the banner she was embroidering from a coloured plate.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe room was built of rose-coloured marble excepting the floor, which was tessellated in rose and grey.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn elderly ‘coloured’ woman said, to no-one in particular, “No, that little boy has nothing to worry about.”
South Africa Kicks Off Week Of Mourning Mandela | Mark Gevisser | December 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Céline has never had a coloured person showing in their collection.
There was no vivacity in his putty-coloured features, but there were promptitude and decision in every abrupt gesture.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuAs they entered, a liver-coloured hound that lay stretched before the fire growled lazily, and showed the whites of his eyes.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniI remember it well; a pale, creamy-coloured paper cover, good type, good paper.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowBright-coloured birds flew about among the bushes, but they had no songs for Alila and the hunter as they passed along.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeFor about thirty feet from the ground this was painted in coloured stripes very much like a barber's pole.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike
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