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mestizo vs. mulatto

mestizo
[me-stee-zoh, mi-] / mɛˈsti zoʊ, mɪ- /

noun

plural

mestizos, mestizoes

  1. a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent.

mulatto
[muh-lat-oh, -lah-toh, myoo-] / məˈlæt oʊ, -ˈlɑ toʊ, myu- /

noun

plural

mulattoes, mulattos

  1. Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.

  2. Older Use: Offensive. a person who has both Black and white ancestors.

adjective

  1. of a light-brown color.