Definition of dark-skinned

Overview of adj dark-skinned

The adj dark-skinned has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white

(having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples")

2. dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy

(naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic")