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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
half-breed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From half- + breed.
Meanings
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(dated, derogatory, of a person, offensive) having dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry
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(of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits
Forms
Relateds
half-caste · mestizo · Mischling · metis · Metis · Métis · mulatto · mixed-race · half-bred · métis
Translations (7)
it meticcio (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · pl mieszany (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · fr métis (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · es mestizo (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · de Mischlings- (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · io mestica (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry) · eo mestiza (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry)
half-breed en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From half- + breed.
Meanings
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(dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:Some oppose A.I.M. leaders as outsiders; some resent the leadership of Mr. Wilson; full‐blooded Indians resent halfbreeds; the have‐nots resent those with relative wealth.
1973 March 4, John Kifner, “The Ghosts Dance Once Again at Wounded Knee”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:The half-breeds or Metis along the Saskatchewan River asked that they be given a legal title to the land which they occupied. […] The half-breeds found that constitutional agitation was hopeless and began open hostilities.
1921, Watson Kirkconnell, “Military Annals of Victoria”, in Victoria County Centennial History, Lindsay, Ontario: Watchman-Warder Press, →OCLC, page 186:Except for a few half-breeds in the town, there are no native Christians in the island of Timor.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 307:
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A hybrid animal or plant.
Forms
Coordinates
quarter-breed
Synonyms
breed
Translations (49)
es mestiza (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · de Bastard (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · he בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · mn эрлийз (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · kum япсар (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · it meticcio (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ru полукро́вка (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · vo himestit (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · io mesticino (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · uk напівкро́вок (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · de Mestize (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · sv halvblod (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · vo mestit (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · hy մետիս (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · fi puoliverinen (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · be паўкро́вак (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · chy tsêhésevé'ho'e (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · cmn 混血兒 /混血儿 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · uk напівкро́вка (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · de Mischling (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · it meticcia (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · hy խառնածին (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ko 혼혈 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · uk мети́с (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ja 混血児 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · eo mestizo (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · io mestico (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · la hibrida (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · de Métis (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · be паўкро́ўка (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · be меты́ска (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · pl mieszaniec (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · be меты́с (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · nan-hbl 半仿仔 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ja 間の子 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · de Halbblut (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ru мети́ска (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · fr métisse (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ru мети́с (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · eo mestizino (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · uk мети́ска (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · io mesticulo (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · fr métis (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · es mestizo (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · hu félvér (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · la mixtīcius (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · vo jimestit (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · ko 혼혈아 (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry) · bg ме́лез (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry)