Mulatto

5 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mulatto
       n : an offspring of a Black and a White parent

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "mulatto":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MULATTO. A person born of one white and one black parent. 7 Mass. R. 88; 2 
  Bailey, 558. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  MULATTO, n.  A child of two races, ashamed of both.