nonblack
See also: non-black
English
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editnonblack (not comparable)
- Not black in colour.
- 2001, Peter Achinstein, The book of evidence:
- Let us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.
- Not of African descent; not racially black.
- 2009 January 18, Robert S. Boynton, “Demographics and Destiny”, in New York Times[1]:
- […] electing an African-American in a country where African-Americans make up 13 percent of the population required a candidate who appealed to nonblack voters.
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editnonblack (plural nonblacks)
- A nonblack person.