mulatto
Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.
Older Use: Offensive. a person who has both Black and white ancestors.
of a light-brown color.
Origin of mulatto
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How to use mulatto in a sentence
There is a certain class of Mulattos, who, in a psychological point of view, are very remarkable.
The business of a barber is one that is much followed by the Mulattos of Lima.
Their hair is black, rough, but less frizzy than that of the Mulattos.
Every street in Lima contains one or more cigar shops, in which mestizos and mulattos are busily employed in making cigars.
Of the children born out of marriage, nearly two-thirds, and of those exposed dead, full four-fifths are Mulattos.
British Dictionary definitions for mulatto
/ (mjuːˈlætəʊ) /
a person having one Black and one White parent
of a light brown colour
Origin of mulatto
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