mulatto.
A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Meaning & usage
A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.
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