mixed-blood
Noun
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A person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups (synset 110343657)
subtypes:
- 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
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