brownskin

English

Etymology

brown +‎ skin.

Noun

brownskin (plural brownskins)

1. A person with brown-colored skin.

   Coordinate term: redskin

   • quoted in 2023, Samuel G. Freedman, Into the Bright Sunshine (page 283)

     Nell Dodson Russell, writing in the Spokesman, cast doubt on whether private employers would even follow the new ordinance: " […] This business of spouting brotherhood all over the banquet circuit provides a good smokescreen but the real proof of the pudding is the number of brownskins on the payroll."

References

• Merriam-Webster