mulatto
Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.
Older Use: Offensive. a person who has both Black and white ancestors.
of a light-brown color.
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How to use mulatto in a sentence
A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinTo every four or five blacks may be reckoned a mulatto, and it is only here and there that a white man is to be seen.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe steward, a young mulatto, had contracted the bad habit of indulging too much in liquor.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIn due time Mr. Chittenden returned, accompanied by a comely mulatto woman about forty years of age.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnOle man Hamilton come from de norf somewhar, an' bought Ted's mother, a likely mulatto.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for mulatto
/ (mjuːˈlætəʊ) /
a person having one Black and one White parent
of a light brown colour
Origin of mulatto
1Collins 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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