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Webster 1913 Edition

Mongrel

Mon′grel

,

Noun.

[Prob. shortened fr.

mongrel

, and akin to AS.

mengan

to mix, and E.

mingle

. See

.]

The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.

Drayton.

Mon′grel

,

Adj.

1.

(Zool.)

Not of a pure breed.

2.

Of mixed kinds;

as,

mongrel

language

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mongrel

MONGREL

,

Adj.

[See Mingle.] Of a mixed breed; of different kinds.

MONGREL

,

Noun.

An animal of a mixed breed.