MIXED-BLOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mixed-blood" is a kind of...):

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mixed-blood"):

mulatto (an offspring of a black and a white parent)

quadroon (an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black)

octoroon (an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black)

half-caste (an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures)

Metis (a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)