English Explanatory Dictionary

half-breed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
  2. A hybrid animal or plant.
adj
  1. having dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry
  2. Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits
noun
  1. A member of the Half-Breeds, a former Republican political party during the Gilded Age.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

half-breed half-breeds halfbreed

Etymology

From half- + breed.

Synonyms

breed

Related words

half-bred half-caste mestizo Métis Metis Mischling mixed-race mulatto
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