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Webster 1913 Edition

Half-breed

Half′-breedˊ

(-brēdˊ)

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Adj.

Half-blooded.

Half′-breedˊ

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Noun.

A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Definition 2024

half-breed

half-breed

See also: halfbreed

English

Noun

half-breed ‎(plural half-breeds)

(derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage.

Translations

derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry

Armenian: խառնածին (hy) ‎(xaṙnacin), մետիս (hy) ‎(metis)
Cheyenne: tsêhésevé'ho'e
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混血兒 (zh), 混血儿 (zh) ‎(hùnxuè'ér)
Esperanto:
Finnish: puoliverinen
French: métis (fr) m, métisse (fr) f
Georgian:
German: Mischling (de) m

Hebrew: בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת m ‎(ben ta'aróvet)
Japanese: 混血児 ‎(こんけつじ, konketsuji)
Korean:
Kumyk: япсар ‎(yapsar)
Latin: mixticius
Mongolian: эрлийз (mn) ‎(erlijz)
Russian: полукро́вка (ru) m, f ‎(polukróvka), мети́с (ru) m ‎(metís), мети́ска (ru) f ‎(metíska)
Spanish: mestizo (es) m, mestiza (es) f
Volapük: (♂♀) mestit, (♂) himestit, (♀) jimestit

See also

Adjective

half-breed

(of an animal) having one purebred parent; hybrid