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coloured

 [kuhl-er]   Origin

col·our

   [kuhl-er]
noun, adjective, verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Chiefly British.
color.
Related forms
trans·col·our, adjective

Usage note
See -or1.

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coloured (ˈkʌləd)
 
—adj
1.  possessing colour
2.  having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)

Coloured (ˈkʌləd)
 
—n , pl Coloureds, Coloured
1.  old-fashioned, offensive an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person
2.  (South African)
 a.  a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent
 b.  a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue
 
—adj
3.  old-fashioned, offensive designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people
 
usage  The use of Coloured to refer to a person of mixed ethnic origin is likely to cause offence and should be avoided

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colour
See color.
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coloured
British spelling of colored (q.v.); also see -or.
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