Dark-skinned

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dark-skinned \dark-skinned\ adj.
     1. same as {colored}. [Narrower terms: {black (vs. white)}]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. having a dark color; -- of skin color.
  
     Syn: dusky, swart, swarthy.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dark-skinned
       adj 1: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association
              for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark
              races"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured},
               {dark}]
       2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
          beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks";
          "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn:
          {dusky}, {swart}, {swarthy}]