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half-caste

  [haf-kast, hahf-kahst]
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–noun
1. a person of mixed race.
2. a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage.
3. a person descended from parents of different social strata.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a half-caste.
Origin:
1785–95
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half-caste   (hāf'kāst', häf'käst')
n.  A person of mixed racial descent.
adj.  Of mixed racial descent.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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