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dark-skinned

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adj.1.same as colored.
2.having a dark color; - of skin color.
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Adj.1.dark-skinned - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
non-white, colored, coloured, dark
black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
2.dark-skinned - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"
swart, swarthy, dusky
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"
Translations
dark-skinned [ˌdɑːkˈskɪnd] ADJ → moreno, morocho(LAm)
dark-skinned [ˌdɑːkˈskɪnd] adj → di pelle or carnagione scura
dark-skinned [ˌdɑːkˈskɪnd] adj → di pelle or carnagione scura


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He turned and twisted on his couch at the thought that the dark-skinned maiden was so near him.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
The princess asked Varenka to sing again, and Varenka sang another song, also smoothly, distinctly, and well, standing erect at the piano and beating time on it with her thin, dark-skinned hand.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
They were tall, muscular, and very dark-skinned Bedouins, with inky black beards.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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