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person of color
[ pur-suhn uhv kuhl-er ]
noun
, plural people of color, persons of color.
- a person who is not white:
The corporation was especially eager to recruit women and people of color.
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Sensitive Note
See Black 1.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of person of color1
First recorded in 1785–90
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Idioms and Phrases
A nonwhite person, such as someone of African or Native American descent. For example, They have made a genuine effort to promote persons of color to executive positions . This seemingly modern euphemism actually dates from the late 1700s and was revived in the late 1900s.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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