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[ˈkʌləd], (Adjective)
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- having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral
(e.g: strings of coloured lights)
- wholly or partly of non-white descent
- used as an ethnic label for people of mixed racial or ethnic origin
(e.g: there was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and Indian members)
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[ˈkʌləd], (Noun)
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- a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent
- a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue
(e.g: the ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds)
- clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white
(e.g: she wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day)
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