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 [mjuːˈlætəʊ]

n pl -tos, -toes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) (Social Science / Peoples) a person having one Black and one White parent

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a light brown colour

[from Spanish mulato young mule, variant of mulo mule¹]

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 [mjuːˈlætəʊ]

A. ADJ → mulato

B. N (mulattos or mulattoes (pl)) → mulato/a m/f

mulatto [mjuːˈlætəʊ] [mulattoes] (pl) n → mulâtre/esse m/f

mulatto

adj → Mulatten-; features → eines Mulatten/einer Mulattin; mulatto child → Mulattenkind nt

n pl <-es> → Mulatte m, → Mulattin f

mulatto [mjuːˈlætəʊ] n (mulattoes (pl)) (offensive) → mulatto/a

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mulatto [mjuːˈlætəʊ] n (mulattoes (pl)) (offensive) → mulatto/a