half-breed

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half-breed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Half-breed \Half"-breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), a.
     Half-blooded.
     [1913 Webster]

  Half-breed \Half"-breed`\, n.
     A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of
     different races, especially of the American Indian and the
     white race.
     [1913 Webster]

half-breed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  half-breed
      adj 1: (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: half-  blooded
             , half-bred, half-breed]
      n 1: an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different
           races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian
           ancestry)