half-blooded

[ haf-bluhd-id, hahf- ]

adjective
  1. having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.

Origin of half-blooded

1
First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby half-blooded

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How to use half-blooded in a sentence

  • It's only your half-blooded Americans that have been baked over in Europe, and our silly finefied gals that chase after you.

  • I know these Yankees well--you are one, yourself, though only half-blooded; but I know them well, and have often seen them tried.

    Wyandotte | James Fenimore Cooper
  • I am no better than most traders—you see it is the custom here, neither is she worse than any of these half-blooded Paumotuans.

British Dictionary definitions for half-blooded

half-blooded

adjective
  1. being related to another individual through only one parent

  2. having parents of different races

  1. (of a domestic animal) having only one parent of known pedigree

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