"coloured" meaning in English

See coloured in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: coloured [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Having a colour or kind of colour.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-adj-lRssMKia
  2. Having many colours; colourful.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-adj-et4BADus
  3. Having skin colour other than the white, most often black.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-adj-WFtubl4V Categories (other): Vulgar
  4. In South Africa, a coloured person is someone who is of mixed racial or ethnic origin.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-adj-rmKa-XDl

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: coloured [singular], [plural]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A coloured person.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-noun--RdI9WKx Categories (other): Vulgar

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: colour [canonical], colours [third-person, singular], coloured [past], coloured [past, participle], colouring [present, participle]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{verb|colour}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of colour.
    Sense id: simple-coloured-en-verb-3cGycl2n
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