单词 | half-caste |
释义 | half-caste[ haf-kast, hahf-kahst ] / ˈhæfˌkæst, ˈhɑfˌkɑst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR half-caste ON THESAURUS.COM nouna 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. adjectiveof or relating to a half-caste. Origin of half-casteFirst recorded in 1785–95 Words nearby half-castehalf buck, half-buried, half-bushel, half-butt, half cadence, half-caste, half-cell, half cent, half-century, half-circle, half-closed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for half-castehalf-caste / taboo / nouna person having parents of different races, esp the offspring of a European and an Indian adjectiveof, 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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