| 单词 | quarter-blood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-blood quarter-blood n. U.S. a person whose descent is only one quarter derived from a particular race (esp. North American Indian); (also) an animal, etc., only one fourth derived from a particular breed (in quot. 1943 used adjectivally). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person mongrel1542 of (the) half blood1697 half-caste1758 half-breed1760 lip-lap1798 quarter-breed1821 half-blood1826 half-and-half1827 quarter-blood1827 quarter-caste1859 mixed blooda1862 brown1862 miscegen1864 yellowbelly1867 breed1870 redbone1890 miscegenate1898 high yellow1910 samba1958 lightie1991 1827 Western Luminary 1 Aug. 36/4 John Ross..has got a very small portion of Indian blood in his veins, his father being a Scotsman, and his mother a half or quarter blood. 1845 Knickerbocker Mar. 236 Of this description was a quarter-blood [sc. Indian], of great beauty. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 26 The straight black hair, and nose just aquiline enough to give piquancy to the countenance, indicated the quarter-blood. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Dec. 11/5 Medium shorn domestic fleeces have had a further small sale, mostly quarter-blood. 1991 Atlantic Sept. 70/1 In fifty years quarter-blood Kaws will be like full-bloods today. It'll be a tribe of no-bloods. < as lemmas |
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