half-blood

See also: half blood

English

Etymology

half- +‎ blood

Adjective

half-blood (not comparable)

1. Related by sharing descent from one parent.

Noun

half-blood (plural half-bloods)

1. Alternative form of half blood
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.