Half-breed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Half-breed \Half"-breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), a.
     Half-blooded.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Half-breed \Half"-breed`\, n.
     A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of
     different races, especially of the American Indian and the
     white race.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  half-breed
       adj : (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: {half-blooded},
              {half-bred}]
       n : half-caste offspring of parents of different races
           (especially of white and Indian parents) [syn: {breed}]