A person of black African ancestry who has a light or albino complexion.

A light-skinned black person. Cf. yellow, adj. 4b. Now chiefly in African-American usage.

U.S. A black or mixed-race person having light brown skin; a light-skinned black person. Now considered offensive outside of black usage.

a white woman, or a light-skinned black woman (cf. sense A. 10); frequently in plural.

(A name for) a black or other non-white person who has pale or relatively pale skin. Potentially offensive.

A light-skinned black person, esp. a girl or young woman.

(in the apartheid era) a black or Coloured (coloured, adj. 3d) person who can pass as a white person.

slang (chiefly in African-American usage). A black person (esp. a woman) having light-coloured, reddish-tinted skin. Also as adj. (attributive). Cf…

Chiefly in British Afro-Caribbean usage: (a name for) a black person who has pale or relatively pale skin; (also) a person of mixed race. Potentially…