Half-caste

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

  Half-caste \Half"-caste`\ (-k[.a]st), n.
     One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindu
     or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste
     parents.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  half-caste
       n : offspring of parents of different races or cultures