oʊ, -ˈlɑ noun, plural mu·lat·toes, mu·lat·tos.
1.
the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use.
adjective
3.
of a light-brown color.
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| —n , pl -tos, -toes | |
| 1. | a person having one Black and one White parent |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of a light brown colour |
| [C16: from Spanish mulato young mule, variant of mulo | |
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Mulatto
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mulatto
1595, from Sp. or Port. mulato "of mixed breed," lit. "young mule," from mulo "mule," from L. mulus (fem. mula) "mule," possibly in allusion to hybrid origin of mules. Fem. mulatta is attested from 1622.
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