quarter-breed
[kwawr-ter-breed]
noun Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person with one white grandparent, especially a person of American Indian ancestry.
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Nearby words
- quarter round,
- quarter section,
- quarter sessions,
- quarter tone,
- quarter-bound,
- quarter-hoop,
- quarter-hour,
- quarter-miler,
- quarter-phase,
- quarter-wave plate
Origin of quarter-breed
First recorded in 1820–30
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019