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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: half- blooded, half-bred, half-breed] n
1: an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1760 often disparaging the offspring of parents of different races; especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person • half-breed adjective, often disparaging

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Half-breed Half"-breed`, a. Half-blooded.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Half-breed Half"-breed`, n. A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.





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