OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 8005

colored

/ˈkʌləɹd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de color
Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
He made a smart remark about colored people and I got mad. I got mad because I like colored people. In fact, a colored lady raised me. Some of my best friends are colored people.
[…] a beautiful silk standard donated to the Third Battalion by the colored ladies of the city of New York, was formally presented to the battalion.