NOUN | person | mixed-blood | a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races |
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Meaning | A person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races. | |
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Narrower | Metis | A person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry |
half-caste | An offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures | |
mulatto | An offspring of a black and a white parent | |
octoroon | An offspring of a quadroon and a white parent | |
quadroon | An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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