Half-caste
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person of mixed racial descent. derogatory
"AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes."
- 2 an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of mixed racial descent. derogatory, not-comparable
"It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race."
Example
More examples"It was the racist, settler colonialism that created whiteness, that created blackness, half-caste, quarter-caste, octoroon, that saw mixed-race people as a third race."
Etymology
From half- + caste.
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