half-blood

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half blood also half-blood (h

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a. The relationship existing between persons having only one parent in common.

b. A person existing in such a relationship.

2. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.

3. A half-blooded domestic animal.

half-blood

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics)

a. the relationship between individuals having only one parent in common

b. an individual having such a relationship

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a less common name for a half-breed

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a half-blooded domestic animal

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At the risk of her life she stole away, on those occasions, into the interior of the island, and looked on, in hiding, at the horrid witchcrafts and idolatries of the blacks; they would have murdered a half-blood, prying into their ceremonies, if they had discovered her.

I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context

Know, base-born knave, that you have dared this day to stand in the path of one whose race have been the advisers of kings and the leaders of hosts, ere ever this vile crew of Norman robbers came into the land, or such half-blood hounds as you were let loose to preach that the thief should have his booty and the honest man should sin if he strove to win back his own.

The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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