mulatto

mu·lat·to  (m-lt, -lät, my-)

n. pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes

1. A person having one white and one Black parent. See Usage Note at octoroon.

2. A person of mixed white and Black ancestry.

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[Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mlus.]

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mulatto [mew-lat-toe]

Noun

pl -tos or -toes a person with one Black and one White parent [Spanish mulato young mule]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mulatto - an offspring of a black and a white parent archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression mixed-blood - a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races

Translations

mulatto [mulattoes] [mjuːˈlætəu] n → mulato/a

mulatto [mulattoes , pl ] [mjuːˈlætəu] n → mulâtre/esse

mulatto [mjuːˈlætəu] [mulattoes , pl ] n → Mulatte m, Mulattin f

mulatto [pl mulattoes] [mjuːˈlætəu] n → mulatto/a