mulatto

4 definitions found

mulatto - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mulatto \Mu*lat"to\, n.; pl. Mulattoes. [Sp. & Pg. mulato,
     masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L.
     mulus. See Mule.]
     The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white
     woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
     [1913 Webster]

mulatto - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mulatto
      n 1: an offspring of a black and a white parent

mulatto - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MULATTO. A person born of one white and one black parent. 7 Mass. R. 88; 2 
  Bailey, 558. 
  
  

mulatto - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "mulatto":
     Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed,
     griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow,
     hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis,
     metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mule, mustee, octoroon,
     plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass,
     zebrule