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muˈlatta
Also 7- mulata.
[a. Sp. mulata, fem. of mulato mulatto.]
A female mulatto.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 328 margin, Mulata, is a maid-childe, that is borne of a Negra, and a fayre man; and so on the contrary. 1668Dryden Even. Love iv. (1671) 52 'Tis impossible your love should be so humble, to descend to a Mulatta. 1828Tyerman & Bennet Jrnl. Voy., etc. 28 Jan. (1831) II. lii. 491 There is a law here [Mauritius] that no Englishman shall marry a woman of colour, not even a mulatta. 1963Times 12 June 16/6 Of the other painters the pioneers were Di Cavalcanti, famous for his sensuous mulatas, and Portinari. 1965E. Bishop Questions of Travel 37 Going out, he met a mulata Carrying water on her head. |