Mixling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is of mixed ethnic or racial background; a hybrid; a cross-breed.

    "Wagner unflinchingly believed that not the least objective of the Nuremberg clauses was "to make the mixed race, which is politically and biologically unwanted, disappear as soon as possible, for a mixling can never be a patriot.""

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"Wagner unflinchingly believed that not the least objective of the Nuremberg clauses was "to make the mixed race, which is politically and biologically unwanted, disappear as soon as possible, for a mixling can never be a patriot.""

Etymology

From mix + -ling. Compare German Mischling (“hybrid, mongrel, half-breed”), French mélange (“mixture”), German Low German Mischling (“half-breed, hybrid, mongrel”).

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