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half-breed
half-breed (hăf′brēd′, häf′-) Offensive n. A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.adj. Of mixed racial descent.half-breed n (Genetics) offensive a person whose parents are of different races, esp the offspring of a White person and an American Indian adj (Genetics) of, relating to, or designating offspring of people or animals of different races or breeds half′-breed`
n., adj. usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting, implying that a person of mixed race is somehow different or inferior. However, half-breed is also used as a neutral descriptive term.— Usually Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. (a term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different races, esp. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.) adj. 2. of or pertaining to such offspring. [1750–60, Amer.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | half-breed - an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethinghalf-caste - an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures | | Adj. | 1. | half-breed - (of animals) having only one purebred parenthalf-blooded, half-bredanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementcrossbred - bred from parents of different varieties or species |
Translationshalf-breed
half-breed1. Offensive a person whose parents are of different races, esp the offspring of a White person and an American Indian 2. of, relating to, or designating offspring of people or animals of different races or breeds Half-Breed the offspring produced from interracial marriages. In anthropology, half-breeds usually occupy an intermediate position between the mixed races. In America the offspring of a white person and an American Indian are called half-breeds. half-breed
half-breed (hăf′brēd′, häf′-) Offensive n. A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.adj. Of mixed racial descent.half-breed
Synonyms for half-breednoun an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)Related Words- derogation
- disparagement
- depreciation
- half-caste
adj (of animals) having only one purebred parentSynonymsRelated Words- animal
- animate being
- beast
- creature
- fauna
- brute
- crossbred
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