nonblack
See also: non-black
English
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Adjective
[edit]nonblack (not comparable)
- Not black in color.
- 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 The New York Times Book Review[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2022:
- […] 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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[edit]Noun
[edit]nonblack (plural nonblacks)
- A nonblack person.
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