Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

person of colour

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
per-son- of -colour
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(formal) any non-European non-white person

Synonyms

Questions

What does person of colour mean?
(formal) any non-European non-white person

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