mixed breedadj.n.
/ˌmɪks(t) ˈbriːd/, U.S. /ˈmɪks(t) ˈbrid/ A. adj. (attributive).
Usually with hyphen. Of a person (now derogatory): of mixed race. Of an animal: cross-bred.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [adjective] > person
mongrel1566
mulatto-like1719
half-breeda1762
mixed breed1775
half-caste1789
half-blood1830
three-quarter-bred1902
quarter-caste1952
biracial1963
multiracial1964
1775 in S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. (1916) 17 99 Breakfasting with his mixed breed daughters.
1924 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 9 144 The Englishmen..interbreeded with the African women and sold their own mixed breed offspring.
1951 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 22 Sept. 15/2 The women were supposed to bear their children, besides..awaiting with patience their returns from the beds of their mixed-breed mistresses, or the battlefield.
1990 Jrnl. Developmental Physiol. 14 24/1 Experiments were performed on 6 mixed-breed pregnant ewes and their fetuses.
B. n.
A cross-bred animal; (now derogatory) a person of mixed race.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > cross-breed
mule1772
cross-breed1844
half-bred1848
metis1852
mixed breed1864
1789 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain (ed. 3) II. xlv. 107 If a male or female of this species [sc. Orang Outang] were to cohabit with an European of the contrary sex, they would..produce a mixed breed.]
1864 Atlantic Monthly June 741/1 All honor be to the Spaniards, Greasers, and Mixed-Breeds for having rooted the noble idea of horsemanship so firmly in the country that [etc.].
1903 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 33 17 If..he [sc. a European] is a mixed-breed, it is impossible to determine what are the various proportions of his racial parentage.
1971 B. Head Maru i. 16 There was no one in later life who did not hesitate to tell her that she was a Bushman, mixed breed, half breed, low breed or bastard.
1991 Dog Fancy Jan. 63/1 Is your dog a mixed breed? If so, Mutt Madness is for you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1775