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person of colour vs person

person vs person of colour

person of colour and person both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person of colour Yes No No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of person of colour; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than person of colour:
  • person of colour: (formal) any non-European non-white person
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of person of colour include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
person of colour (noun) person (noun)
(formal) any non-European non-white person a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a human body (usually including the clothing)
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
Difference between person of colour and person

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