colour bar
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.36 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "That first morning at the firm, a pleasant young white secretary, Miss Lieberman, took me aside and said, ‘Nelson, we have no colour bar here at the law firm.’"
- "In my hometown of Portsmouth there was a riot in 1943, with the locals scorning attempts by American military policemen to enforce a color bar in the pubs."
- "A plaque commemorating the memory of British Rail guard Asquith Xavier, who broke the colour bar at Euston station in 1966, was unveiled at Chatham station on September 24."
Usage
- British usage