half-breed
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half-breed
(hăf′brēd′, häf′-) Offensiven.
A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.
adj.
Of mixed racial descent.
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half-breed
n
(Genetics) offensive a person whose parents are of different races, esp the offspring of a White person and an American Indian
adj
(Genetics) of, relating to, or designating offspring of people or animals of different races or breeds
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half′-breed`
n., adj.
usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting, implying that a person of mixed race is somehow different or inferior. However, half-breed is also used as a neutral descriptive term.
— Usually Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. (a term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different races, esp. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.)
adj. 2. of or pertaining to such offspring.
[1750–60, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | half-breed - an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry) depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something half-caste - an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures |
Adj. | 1. | half-breed - (of animals) having only one purebred parent animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement crossbred - bred from parents of different varieties or species |
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