mulatto

mu·lat·to

M0469200 (mo͝o-lăt′ō, -lä′tō, myo͝o-)n. pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes Often Offensive A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially one having one white and one black parent.

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[Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.]

mulatto

(mjuːˈlætəʊ) n, pl -tos or -toes1. (Genetics) a person having one Black and one White parent2. (Peoples) a person having one Black and one White parentadj (Colours) of a light brown colour[C16: from Spanish mulato young mule, variant of mulo mule¹]

mu•lat•to

(məˈlæt oʊ, -ˈlɑ toʊ, myu-)

n., pl. -toes,
adj. n. 1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent. 2. a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian. adj. 3. of a light brown color. [1585–95; < Sp mulato young mule =mul(o) mule¹ + -ato of unclear orig.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mulatto - an offspring of a black and a white parentarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionmixed-blood - a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races

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mulatto