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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Mulattoes

(#)

[Sp. & Pg.

mulato

, masc.,

mulata

, fem., of a mixed breed, fr.

mulo

mule, L.

mulus

. See

The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, – usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Noun.

[L. mulus, a mule.] A person that is the offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro.