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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A black, mixed race, Indigenous, Latino, or other person of color who has relatively light-coloured skin..
Whoa, hold on there lightskin. Now your accolades should speak for themselves, but I know your type, dog!
A man who is getting ahead tends to seek a lighter mate, and because “a good man is hard to find,” it would be difficult for a lightskin girl consistently to reject darker people. A darker man who offers security, through social position and other advantages, may well be preferred to a lightskin man of little enterprise.
Use lightskin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lightskin means A black, mixed race, Indigenous, Latino, or other person of color who has relatively light-coloured skin..
Common synonyms include fair-skinned.
Possible antonyms include darkskin.
Whoa, hold on there lightskin. Now your accolades should speak for themselves, but I know your type, dog!
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