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Meaning of lightie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A black person with relatively light-coloured skin.

informal

Examples

“I looked up into that giant's eyes and while I saw curiosity there, I didn't see the anger and hatred I had seen in so many eyes of the black people as they looked down on a lightie.”
“[…] hood-famous Black men and members of their entourages, surrounded by a uniform of attractive young white women and the occasional ambiguous 'lightie.'”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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Lighting lighting engineer lighting rig lighting technician lighting-up time Lightings

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