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Mischling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪʃlɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From German Mischling.

Meanings

1. (historical) In certain (especially Nazi) racial theories, someone of mixed race; especially one who is partly of Jewish descent.
   • Dodo had been married to a drunken and adulterous wife-beater, Lionel Hickman by name, who had continued our mischling tradition by converting to Judaism in order to marry her, given her an all-around vile time, and then been run over by a tram during the blackout that accompanied the Nazi blitzkrieg. 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 355:

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Synonyms

mixling