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Half-bred

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good breeding; not well trained. not-comparable

    "He that is but Half a Philoſopher, is in danger of being an Atheiſt; an Half-Phyſician is apt to turn Empiric; an Half-Bred man is conceited in his Addreſs, and troubleſome in his Converſation."

  2. 2
    Half-blooded. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of animals) having only one purebred parent wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A half-blooded animal.

    "The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From half- + bred.

Etymology 2

From half- + bred.

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