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Webster 1913 Edition

Mulatto

Mu-lat′to

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mulattoes
(#)
.
[Sp. & Pg.
mulato
, masc.,
mulata
, fem., of a mixed breed, fr.
mulo
mule, L.
mulus
. See
Mule
.]
The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, – usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mulatto

MULAT'TO

,
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.

Definition 2024

mulatto

mulatto

English

Noun

mulatto ‎(plural mulattoes or mulattos)

  1. (often pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent.
  2. (census) Anyone born to two half-black and half-white parents.
  3. (census) Anyone who is three quarters black and one quarter white, or one quarter black and three quarters white.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “mulatto” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Italian

Adjective

mulatto m ‎(feminine singular mulatta, masculine plural mulatti, feminine plural mulatte)

  1. mulatto (attributive)

Noun

mulatto m ‎(plural mulatti, feminine mulatta)

  1. mulatto

Anagrams

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese mulato ‎(“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo ‎(“mule”), from Latin mulus ‎(“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.[1].

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

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