‖anderskleuriges, plural noun
- Forms:
- Also anderkleuriges.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, anders other + kleur colour + noun-forming suffix -ige + plural -s.
‘Those of another colour’: used by White people of Black and coloured people (an ironic use of apartheid terminology).
- Note:
- Common in speech, perhaps avoiding use of the term non-white.
1978 Sunday Times 4 June 17Some Afrikaans writers..have indeed pleaded over the years for the language to become common coin. They have emphasised the contribution made by anderkleuriges whose language, after all, it also is.
1981 Rand Daily Mail 18 June 3The Afrikaans-speaker’s hyper-exclusivity had brought him to the position where it had become difficult, if not unthinkable, for him to admit people of other colours (anderkleuriges) to within his ranks.
‘Those of another colour’: used by White people of Black and coloured people (an ironic use of apartheid terminology).
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