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mixling

mixling noun: one who is of mixed ethnic or racial background; a hybrid; a cross-breed.

Noun

mixling (plural mixlings)

  1. One who is of mixed ethnic or racial background; a hybrid; a cross-breed.
    • Wagner unflinchingly believed that not the least objective of the Nuremberg clauses was "to make the mixed race, which is politically and biologically unwanted, disappear as soon as possible, for a mixling can never be a patriot."2000, Michael H. Kater, Doctors Under Hitler
    • Yet there have been incidences where it was thought that a mixling's duplicate had been so strong that, although duplication took place during equinox, it had remained the dominant figure during the whole of the mixling's life.2010, Marlies Bugmann, Wafters, Frazzlers & Black Unicorns

Forms of mixling

pluralmixlings

Origin of mixling

From mix + -ling. Compare German Mischling (“hybrid, mongrel, half-breed”), French mélange (“mixture”), German Low German Mischling (“half-breed, hybrid, mongrel”).

Questions about mixling

What does mixling mean?
Mixling means one who is of mixed ethnic or racial background; a hybrid; a cross-breed.
What part of speech is mixling?
Mixling is a noun.
What is the plural of mixling?
The plural of mixling is mixlings.

Words near mixling in the dictionary

  1. mixish
  2. mixite
  3. mixites
  4. mixities
  5. mixity
  6. mixling
  7. mixlings
  8. mixmaster
  9. mixmasters
  10. mixmatch
  11. mixmatches

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