Miscegenator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Somebody who breeds with a person of another race.

    "The anti-Chinaman mob complain that “John” will not intermarry with our race and settle down to spend his earnings in this country, but when he shows a disposition to accommodate them in this respect they appeal to the courts or threaten to mob him as a miscegenator."

Example

More examples

"The anti-Chinaman mob complain that “John” will not intermarry with our race and settle down to spend his earnings in this country, but when he shows a disposition to accommodate them in this respect they appeal to the courts or threaten to mob him as a miscegenator."

Etymology

From miscegenate + -or. Attested since the 19th century.

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