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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONGREL, a. [See Mingle.] Of a mixed breed; of different kinds.
MONGREL, n. An animal of a mixed breed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" [syn: bastard, mongrel]
2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from mong mixture, short for ymong, from Old English gemong crowd — more at among Date: 15th century 1. an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds or strains; especially one of unknown ancestry 2. a cross between types of persons or things • mongrel adjective • mongrelization noun • mongrelize transitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a dog of no definable type or breed. 2 any other animal or plant resulting from the crossing of different breeds or types. 3 derog. a person of mixed race. --adj. of mixed origin, nature, or character. Derivatives: mongrelism n. mongrelize v.tr. (also -ise). mongrelization n. mongrelly adj. Etymology: earlier meng-, mang- f. Gmc: prob. rel. to MINGLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mongrel Mon"grel, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mongrel Mon"grel, a. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Not of a pure breed. 2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mongrels) A mongrel is a dog which is a mixture of different breeds. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. [Written also Mungrel.] Hybrid.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A hanger on among cheats, a spunger; also a child whose father and mother are of different countries.

Moby Thesaurus

Cape Colored, Eurasian, animal, bastard, beast, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbred, crossbreed, crossed, cur, dog, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hound, hybrid, hyena, insect, interbred, ladino, liger, lurcher, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mulatto, mule, mustee, mutt, octoroon, pariah dog, pig, plumcot, polecat, quadroon, quintroon, reptile, sambo, serpent, skunk, snake, swine, tangelo, tigon, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm, zebrass, zebrule