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halfbreed

halfbreed is the alternative form of half-breed.

Meaning of half-breed

Noun

half-breed (plural half-breeds)

  1. (dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
    • Except for a few half-breeds in the town, there are no native Christians in the island of Timor.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 307
  2. A hybrid animal or plant.

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Forms of halfbreed

pluralhalfbreeds

Questions about halfbreed

What is halfbreed the alternative form of?
Halfbreed is the alternative form of half-breed.

Words near halfbreed in the dictionary

  1. halfbaked
  2. halfbat
  3. halfbats
  4. halfbeak
  5. halfbeaks
  6. halfbreed
  7. halfbreeds
  8. halfbrother
  9. halfbrothers
  10. halfcock
  11. halfcocked

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