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Definition of Coloreds
1. colored [n] - See also: colored
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coloreds
Literary usage of Coloreds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"The relative positions among Asians, coloreds, and Africans in South Africa were
... One might speculate that the declining position of Asians and coloreds ..."
2. Is America Safe for Democracy?: Six Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute by William McDougall (1921)
"... partly to education; but the difference is much greater in whites than in
coloreds. If we assume that the attraction of the schools works selectively in ..."
3. Perspectives on Affirmative Action and Its Impact on Asian Pacific Americans edited by Gena A. Lew (1996)
"Today, I can still recall my shock when I first boarded a city bus and found that
whites rode in the front and "coloreds" rode in the rear. ..."
4. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"Mixed marriages between British men and Zulu women produced a new group—English
and Zulu speaking "coloreds." In the 1860s indentured Hindu sugar cane ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Such is the staffing, too, of the university for "Indians," in Durban, and the
university for "coloreds," in Capetown. I visited all but one of these ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... are Bantus or coloreds —Annual Report, General Motors Corp., 1971 Permanent
employment offered to respectable and honest man, Bantu or Coloured. ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"Governor, Franklin J. Moses, Jr.; liuo- tenant-Governor, Richard H. Gleaves(coloreds
Secretary of State, Henry E. Hayne (colorea*; Attorney-General, ..."
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