Half-blood
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of half blood. alt-of, alternative
"It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money."
Adjective
- 1 Related by sharing descent from one parent. not-comparable
Example
More examples"It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money."
Etymology
From half- + blood.
More for "half-blood"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.