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Definition of "dark-skinned" [dark-skinned]

  • Having a relatively dark skin. (adjective)

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Use "dark-skinned" in a sentence
  • "The man was described as dark-skinned, middle-aged and unshaven with thinning hair, the news release said."
  • "The man is described as dark-skinned and clean shaven with short hair."
  • "Social worker Jane Addams, who led the movement to assimilate immigrants through settlement houses and who may have observed more immigrants at the time than anyone, reported that Italians in Chicago “held no particular animosity toward Negroes, for those in the neighborhood were mostly from South Italy and accustomed to the dark-skinned races.”"