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mulatto
[ muh-lat-oh, -lah-toh, myoo- ]
noun
- Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.
- Older Use: Offensive. a person who has both Black and white ancestors.
adjective
- of a light-brown color.
mulatto
/ mjuːˈlætəʊ /
noun
- a person having one Black and one White parent
adjective
- of a light brown colour
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Example Sentences
A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
To every four or five blacks may be reckoned a mulatto, and it is only here and there that a white man is to be seen.
The steward, a young mulatto, had contracted the bad habit of indulging too much in liquor.
In due time Mr. Chittenden returned, accompanied by a comely mulatto woman about forty years of age.
Ole man Hamilton come from de norf somewhar, an' bought Ted's mother, a likely mulatto.
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