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Half-breed

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Noun

1. half-breed

an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)

Adjective

2. half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed

(of animals) having only one purebred parent

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Half-breed

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noun
1. offensive
a person whose parents are of different races, esp the offspring of a White person and a Native American
adjective also: half-bred
2. 
of, relating to, or designating offspring of people or animals of different races or breeds

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Half-breed

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noun
1. 
a person whose parents are of different ethnic types; esp., an offspring of a North American Indian and a person of European ancestry
adjective
2. 
half-blood

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Half-breed

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n.
A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.
adj.
Of mixed racial descent.

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