mulatto

mu·lat·to

 (mo͝o-lăt′ō, -lä′tō, myo͝o-)

n. pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes Often Offensive

A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially one having one white and one black parent.

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

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mulatto

(mjuːˈlætəʊ)

n, pl -tos or -toes

1. (Genetics) a person having one Black and one White parent

2. (Peoples) a person having one Black and one White parent

adj

(Colours) of a light brown colour

[C16: from Spanish mulato young mule, variant of mulo mule¹]

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mu•lat•to

(məˈlæt oʊ, -ˈlɑ toʊ, myu-)

n., pl. -toes,
adj. n.

1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent.

2. a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian.

adj.

3. of a light brown color.

[1585–95; < Sp mulato young mule =mul(o) mule¹ + -ato of unclear orig.]

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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

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Translations

mulatto

mulatto

[mjuːˈlætəʊ]

A. ADJ → mulato

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

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mulatto

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mulatto

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

n pl <-es> → Mulatte m, → Mulattin f

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mulatto

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

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