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half-castes

half-castes is the plural of half-caste.

Meaning of half-caste

Noun

half-caste (plural half-castes)

  1. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial descent.
    • AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk of the creation of a ‘third race’ of half-castes.2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021

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Questions about half-castes

What is half-castes the plural of?
Half-castes is the plural of half-caste.

Words near half-castes in the dictionary

  1. half-brothers
  2. half-built
  3. half-caf
  4. half-cafs
  5. half-caste
  6. half-castes
  7. half-cell
  8. half-cells
  9. half-centuries
  10. half-century
  11. half-chair

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