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   coloured

   /ˈkʌləd/

   adjective

   • 1. having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral: "strings of coloured lights"
   • ▪ imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality: "highly coloured examples were used by both sides"
   • 2. wholly or partly of non-white descent. dated, offensive
   • 3. used as an ethnic label for people of mixed racial or ethnic origin: South African "there was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and Indian members"

   noun

   • 1. a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent. dated, offensive
   • 2. a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue: South African "the ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds"
   • 3. clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white: "she wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day"

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOLOURED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   COLOURED definition: 1. having or producing a colour or colours: 2. a word used in the past to describe a person who…. Learn more.

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › colouredColoured - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCOLOURED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   6 meanings: 1. possessing colour 2. having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly.... Click for more definitions.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › coloredColored Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   colored: [noun] a person of a race other than the white or of mixed race.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › colouredCOLOURED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Coloured definition: possessing colour. See examples of COLOURED used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCOLORED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   COLORED meaning: 1. US spelling of coloured 2. US spelling of -coloured 3. having or producing a color or colors : . Learn more.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcoloured adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Definition of coloured adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishcoloured - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

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   Definition of coloured in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. www.thefreedictionary.com › colouredColoured - definition of coloured by The Free Dictionary

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    2. having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)

11. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishcoloured - Definition in English - bab.la

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