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mulatto

noun
/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/US/mʊˈlaːtoː//m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.

  1. derived from mūlus
  2. borrowed from mulato

Definitions

  1. A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one…

    A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

    • Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]
    • The supermodelesque mulatto woman licked her lips and smiled invitingly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA