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HALF-CASTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("half-caste" is a kind of...):
mixed-blood (a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "half-caste"):
half-breed (an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry))
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