Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

Cape Colored

American  

noun

  1. a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.

Etymology

Origin of Cape Colored

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

And it is Cape Colored cuisine, inherited through his family, that has always inspired him.

From Time

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.