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



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