MULATTO
mulatto
(noun) an offspring of a black and a white parent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)
(dated or historical, now, often, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent.
Synonyms: mestizo, metis
Coordinate terms
mixed black and white
• cabre, cob (cobb), griffe, Sambo (samboe) (3/4 black)
• marabou (5/8 black)
• costee, quadroon (1/4 black)
• mustee (mestee) / octoroon (octaroon) (1/8 black)
• fustee, mustiphini (1/16 black)
• quintroon (quintoon) (1/16 or 1/32 black)
• dustee (1/32 black)
mixed white and Native
• castizo (1/4 Native)
• mameluco (1/2 Native)
• mestizo (any mix, especially 1/2 Native)
Source: Wiktionary
Mu*lat"to, n.; pl. Mulattoes. Etym: [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata,
fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.]
Definition: The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman
by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition