English Explanatory Dictionary

mulatto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

Pronunciation

/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/ [məˈlɑɾoʊ̯] /mʊˈlaːtoː/ /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulatto.wav

Word forms

mulatto mulattoes mulattos

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

mestizo metis

Related words

mulatta mulattress muleta brown browning Coloured half blood half-breed maroon Mischling mixed-race red nigger

Derived words

Jewlatto mulattoism
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