"black British" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} black British (not comparable)
  1. Of or related to the social and cultural group of Black or other nonwhite Britons. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: Black Briton, Black English, Multicultural London English
    Sense id: en-black_British-en-adj-hmBbYU9b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48

Noun

Forms: black British [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|black British}} black British (plural black British)
  1. A social and cultural group in Britain comprising people of Black ethnic origin, sometimes including people of other nonwhite ethnicity. Synonyms: Black British
    Sense id: en-black_British-en-noun-75vVzp62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, British demonyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of British demonyms: 38 62

Alternative forms

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