Cape Coloured

British  

noun

1. (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethic origin

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Example Sentences

"A Cape Coloured person could be anything from very pale with green eyes to someone who's quite dark," says Nathan.

From BBC

However, he explained that Dr Joshua was not Jewish himself - he was also from the Cape Coloured community, with roots in St Helena.

From BBC

Jolene knows of many "Cape Coloured" families who were split up because of racial segregation and never found their way back to each other.

From BBC

But the omission of D'Oliveira - born a Cape Coloured and now naturalised Englishman - is likely to draw comment from many who normally take little interest in the game.

From The Guardian

District Six was the home of the Cape Coloured and Malay peoples, a place of enormous symbolic importance – Cape Town's Sophiatown.

From The Guardian