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单词 half-caste
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half-caste

[ haf-kast, hahf-kahst ]
/ ˈhæfˌkæst, ˈhɑfˌkɑst /
Disparaging and Offensive.
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noun

a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person descended from parents of two different social strata.

adjective

of or relating to a half-caste.

Origin of half-caste

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby half-caste

half buck, half-buried, half-bushel, half-butt, half cadence, half-caste, half-cell, half cent, half-century, half-circle, half-closed
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British Dictionary definitions for half-caste

half-caste
/ taboo /

noun

a person having parents of different races, esp the offspring of a European and an Indian

adjective

of, relating to, or designating such a person
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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