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mulattoes

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mu⋅lat⋅to

[muh-lat-oh, -lah-toh, myoo-] noun, plural -toes, adjective
–noun
1. the offspring of one white parent and one black parent: not in technical use.
2. a person whose ancestry is a mixture of Negro and Caucasian.
–adjective
3. of a light-brown color.

Origin:
1585–95; < Sp mulato young mule, equiv. to mul(o) mule 1 + -ato of unclear orig.
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mu·lat·to   (mŏŏ-lāt'ō, -lä'tō, myŏŏ-)   
n.   pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes
  1. A person having one white and one Black parent. See Usage Note at octoroon.

  2. A person of mixed white and Black ancestry.


[Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.]
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