Nonblack

Alternative forms

• non-black

Origin

- + black

Full definition of nonblack

Adjective

1. Not black in colour.
• 2001, Peter Achinstein, The book of evidenceLet us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.
2. Not of African descent; often specifically not African-American
• Axelrod describes Obama’s “race-neutral strategy as quite simply “a function of math”: ...
  electing an African-American in a country where African-Americans make up 13 percent of the population required a candidate who appealed to nonblack voters.

Noun

1. A nonblack person.