1 (often in compounds) having a particular colour or different colours:
brightly coloured balloons * coloured lights / glass / paper * She was wearing a cream-coloured suit.
2 (old-fashioned or offensive) (of a person) from a race that does not have white skin
3 (Coloured) (in South Africa) having parents who are of different races
Part of speech: noun
1 (old-fashioned or offensive) a person who does not have white skin
2 (Coloured) (in South Africa) a person whose parents are of different races
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for coloured is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is coloured a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, coloured is tagged as adjective.
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