COLOURED


Meaning of COLOURED in English

adj. & n. (US colored)

--adj.

1. having colour(s).

2 (Coloured) a wholly or partly of non-White descent. b S.Afr. of mixed White and non-White descent. c of or relating to Coloured people (a Coloured audience).

--n. (Coloured)

1. a Coloured person.

2 S.Afr. a person of mixed descent speaking Afrikaans or English as the mother tongue.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.