woman of color

noun

plural women of color

: a woman whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a) : a woman who is of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) other than white or who is of mixed race

… Sen. Kamala Harris of California, will become the first woman of color to accept a major party's vice presidential nomination on Wednesday.

—Steve Peoples

In reality the 19th Amendment failed to enfranchise thousands of American women of color—Black, Asian, Latina and Native American.

—Anna Bloom

Examples of woman of color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Former President Trump had survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally, President Biden had dropped out of the race, and Democratic party officials had nominated Vice President Kamala Harris to run in Biden’s place as the first woman of color to ever top a major party ticket. —Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

They are excited by the prospect that a woman of color may be, for the first time, the president of the United States. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024

Harris is the first woman of color to be nominated for president by a major party, that may be appealing to some women. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024

ERGs are particularly crucial in supporting women of color. —Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above