Dark-skinned

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a relatively dark skin.

    ""They are only fit for muck, they are; and they smell bad enough for it already." Job, it will be perceived, was no admirer of the manners and customs of our dark-skinned brothers."

  2. 2
    Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.
Adjective
  1. 1
    naturally having skin of a dark color wordnet

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blackbrunetcoloreddarkduskyswart

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"We all know that blue-eyed red-heads are sensitive to sunshine, burning more readily than dark-skinned people."

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