half-breed
See also: halfbreed
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
half-breed (plural half-breeds)
- (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis).
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
- In South Korean society, which extols the virtues of ethnic purity, "half-breed" people are viewed with disdain and contempt.
- A hybrid animal or plant.
SynonymsEdit
- breed (short form for half-breed)
TranslationsEdit
derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry
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AdjectiveEdit
half-breed
- (of a person, derogatory) Having dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry.
- (of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits.
TranslationsEdit
having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry