mixed-blood

Definitions of mixed-blood

1. noun

   a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races
   types:

   mulatto

   (offensive) outdated term for a person with both black and white ancestry, especially someone with one black parent and one white parent

   quadroon

   an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black

   octoroon

   an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black

   half-caste

   an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures

   Metis

   a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry

   half-breed

   an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being