Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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).

    Mischling, Bastard, Halbblut

    полукро́вкаpolukróvka, мети́сmetís, мети́скаmetíska

    напівкро́вокnapivkróvok, напівкро́вкаnapivkróvka, мети́сmetýs

    an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)

  2. A hybrid animal or plant.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry:
Русский
By meaning 1
derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry:

Origin

From half- + breed.

From half- + breed.

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Forms

plural: half-breeds

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
half-breed — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto