colored
[ kuhl-erd ]
/ ˈkʌl ərd /
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adjective
noun
Older Use: Offensive.
- a Black person.
- the colored, Black people as a group.
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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?
usage note for colored
2, 3, 7. See Black1.
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