Mulatto
/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents. derogatory, historical, sometimes
"Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]"
- 2 an offspring of a black and a white parent wordnet
Example
More examples"That mulatto nudity was dressed all in white — yes."
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.