darkskin

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noun

A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.

Opposite
lightskin
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Meanings

noundarkskin (plural darkskins)

plural darkskins

  1. A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.

    I know that the majority of us who are dark skinned and living on this reservation are not in favor of it. You don't notice too many here because the darkskins are out picking apples in the Valley of Okanogan, or elsewhere, and they are working.

    1964, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Hearings, page 227

    Antonyms: lightskin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.

Opposite
lightskin

Origin

From dark + skin.

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Cite this entry
APA

darkskin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkskin

MLA

“darkskin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkskin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “darkskin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkskin.

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