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half-breed Definition

☆ half·-breed (haf′brēd′)

noun

a person whose parents are of different ethnic types; esp., an offspring of a North American Indian and a person of European ancestry

adjective

half-blood

half-breed Synonyms

half-breed

modif.

half-blooded, crossed, half-caste, mestizo, crossbreed, creole; see also hybrid, outcast.

half-breed Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Scotch: The Scotch half-breed slowly retraced his steps to the camp they had left.

Modifies a noun

  • child: He was a half-breed child; part Russian, part American and never mind how it had happened.

Browse dictionary entries near half-breed

  1. ‹ half boot
  2. ‹ half blood
  3. ‹ half binding
  4. ‹ half-baked
  5. ‹ half-assed
  6. ‹ half-and-half
  7. ‹ half
  8. ‹ haler
  9. ‹ Haleb
  10. ‹ hale
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