half-breed

half-breed
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. usu. disp. and off.
1) pan sts off (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.)
2) sts of or pertaining to such offspring
Etymology: 1750–60, amer.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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