half-caste

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

  Half-caste \Half"-caste`\ (-k[.a]st), n.
     One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindu
     or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste
     parents.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  half-caste
      n 1: an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different
           races or cultures