Definition of "nonwhite" []

• A person who is not white. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "All the Hispanic groups I classified as nonwhite but borderline since those groups all have substantial European ancestry."
• ""Here was a man who didn't look particularly dark-skinned," Yule said, "but the inequality of the South African system meant you were classified either white or nonwhite, and since he was classified as nonwhite, he could play no part in the national sporting life of his country.""
• ""Yesterday this defendant began a methodical, evil plan of mass murder and rape of individuals he identified as nonwhite in Brockton," said prosecutor Frank Middleton, Plymouth County's first assistant district attorney."