person of colour (redirected from persons of color)

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person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person person of color individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" formality - compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality" people of color, people of colour, colour, color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia Amerindian, Native American - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived wog - (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia