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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MULAT'TO, n. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an offspring of a black and a white parent

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -toes or -tos) Etymology: Spanish mulato, from mulo mule, from Latin mulus Date: 1593 1. the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person 2. a person of mixed white and black ancestry

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -os or -oes) a person of mixed White and Black parentage. --adj. of the colour of mulattos; tawny. Etymology: Sp. mulato young mule, mulatto, irreg. f. mulo MULE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mulatto Mu*lat"to, n.; 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.

Moby Thesaurus

Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mule, mustee, octoroon, plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass, zebrule