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darkskin

darkskin noun: a black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.

Noun

darkskin (plural darkskins)

  1. A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.
    • I know that the majority of us who are dark skinned and living on this reservation are not in favor of it. You don't notice too many here because the darkskins are out picking apples in the Valley of Okanogan, or elsewhere, and they are working.1964, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Hearings, page 227
    Antonyms:
    lightskin

Antonyms of darkskin

Forms of darkskin

pluraldarkskins

Origin of darkskin

From dark + skin.

Questions about darkskin

What does darkskin mean?
Darkskin means a black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.
What part of speech is darkskin?
Darkskin is a noun.
What is the plural of darkskin?
The plural of darkskin is darkskins.

Words near darkskin in the dictionary

  1. darkshipper
  2. darkshippers
  3. darkside
  4. darksided
  5. darksides
  6. darkskin
  7. darkskinned
  8. darkskins
  9. darkslide
  10. darkslides
  11. darksom

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