mulatto en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mʊˈlaːtoː/ (Caribbean)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [məˈlɑɾoʊ̯] (US)
- /mʊˈlɑtoʊ/ (US)
- /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.
Meanings
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(derogatory, historical, sometimes) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
The official mouthpiece of the Rosas government, La Gaceta Mercantil, praised Afro-Argentines as “valiant defenders of liberty who have won fame and glory in a hundred battles,” adding that “General Rosas so appreciates the mulattos and morenos that he has no objection to seating them at his table and eating with them.” In other respects, however, the persistence of racism against Afro-Argentines, Indians, and gauchos showed regrettable continuities with the colonial past.
2005, Jeffrey M. Shumway, The Case of the Ugly Suitor & Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870:Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]
1949, Edward Nicholas, The hours and the ages: a sequence of Americans, page 77:The supermodelesque mulatto woman licked her lips and smiled invitingly.
2004, Arthur Herzog, Jr, Icetopia, page 78:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mulattos | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mulattoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
mixed black and white: · hexadecaroon · mestizo · quintroon (1 · griffe · castizo (1 · dustee (1 · mameluco (1 · 4 Native) · quadroon (1 · cob · mixed white and Native: · fustee · 2 Native) · sacatra (7 · costee · 4 black) · octoroon (1 · 8 black) · terceroon (3 · 8 black) · 32 black) · mustee · 32 black) · musteefino (1/16 black) · cabre · 16 or 1 · marabou (5 · Sambo
Deriveds
Relateds
brown · Mischling · mulattress · Coloured · mulatta · half-breed · browning · half blood · mixed-race · muleta · red nigger · maroon
Synonyms
Translations (46)
cs mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · ar خِلَاسِيّ (person of mixed black and white descent) · mk мулат (person of mixed black and white descent) · el μιγάς (person of mixed black and white descent) · nl mulattin (person of mixed black and white descent) · es mulato (person of mixed black and white descent) · nl dubbelbloed (person of mixed black and white descent) · de Mulattin (person of mixed black and white descent) · it mulatto (person of mixed black and white descent) · nb mulatt (person of mixed black and white descent) · ja ムラート (person of mixed black and white descent) · pl Mulatka (person of mixed black and white descent) · ro mulatru (person of mixed black and white descent) · fr mulâtre (person of mixed black and white descent) · nn mulatt (person of mixed black and white descent) · uk мула́т (person of mixed black and white descent) · uk мула́тка (person of mixed black and white descent) · ca mulato (person of mixed black and white descent) · fr café au lait (person of mixed black and white descent) · ca mulata (person of mixed black and white descent) · bg мулат (person of mixed black and white descent) · he בן־תערובות (person of mixed black and white descent) · ru мула́т (person of mixed black and white descent) · vo mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · pt mulata (person of mixed black and white descent) · sl mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · ht milat (person of mixed black and white descent) · de Mulatte (person of mixed black and white descent) · nl mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · pt mulato (person of mixed black and white descent) · cs mulatka (person of mixed black and white descent) · nl halfbloed (person of mixed black and white descent) · hu mulatt (person of mixed black and white descent) · ru мула́тка (person of mixed black and white descent) · pl Mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · cmn 黑白混血兒 /黑白混血儿 (person of mixed black and white descent) · es mulata (person of mixed black and white descent) · da mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · sv mulatt (person of mixed black and white descent) · ca mulat (person of mixed black and white descent) · fi mulatti (person of mixed black and white descent) · bg мула́тка (person of mixed black and white descent) · it mulatta (person of mixed black and white descent) · fr mulâtresse (person of mixed black and white descent) · ro mulatră (person of mixed black and white descent) · tl mulato (person of mixed black and white descent)