light-skinned

English

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Adjective

light-skinned (comparative lighter-skinned, superlative lightest-skinned)

  1. Of a white person, having light-colored skin.
  2. Of a black person, having relatively light-colored skin.
    Antonym: dark-skinned
    • 1987, Elmore Leonard, Bandits, page 56:
      The other one was Creole-looking, a light-skinned black guy with pointy cheekbones and nappy hair.

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