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Half-breed

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    having dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry dated, derogatory, offensive
  2. 2
    Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of animals) having only one purebred parent wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo). dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

    "Except for a few half-breeds in the town, there are no native Christians in the island of Timor."

  2. 2
    A member of the Half-Breeds, a former Republican political party during the Gilded Age.
  3. 3
    an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry) wordnet
  4. 4
    A hybrid animal or plant.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From half- + breed.

Etymology 2

From half- + breed.

Etymology 3

From half-breed, half- + breed.

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