lightskin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A black, mixed race, Indigenous, Latino, or other person of color who has relatively light-coloured skin.
Example Sentences
- "A man who is getting ahead tends to seek a lighter mate, and because “a good man is hard to find,” it would be difficult for a lightskin girl consistently to reject darker people. A darker man who offers security, through social position and other advantages, may well be preferred to a lightskin man of little enterprise."
- "Whoa, hold on there lightskin. Now your accolades should speak for themselves, but I know your type, dog!"