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

Her centennial year has seen the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket, and Chisholm, who died in 2005, has been the subject of a Netflix series and multiple biographies. —Time Video, TIME, 30 Nov. 2024

What the data hides The nationwide rise in abortions can obscure the reality that some people who want abortions still can’t get them — particularly low-income women of color. —Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024

Over a 40-year career, the gender pay gap could leave women with about $406,000 less and women of color with $1 million less than their male counterparts. —Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024

But the path to becoming the first woman of color to own a majority stake in the NWSL was not straightforward. —Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above