mulatto
A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one…A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
» That mulatto nudity was dressed all in white — yes.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Mulatte, Mulattin
мула́тmulát, мула́ткаmulátka
мула́тmulát, мула́ткаmulátka
an offspring of a black and a white parent
Examples
3 sentencesThat mulatto nudity was dressed all in white — yes.
That man is mulatto.
I am mulatto.
ruЯ мулат. — Selena777
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (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.
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