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mulatto

US/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/

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Caribbean/mʊˈlaːtoː/

mulatto noun: a person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

Noun

mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)

  1. (derogatory, historical, sometimes) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
    • Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]1949, Edward Nicholas, The hours and the ages: a sequence of Americans, page 77
    • The supermodelesque mulatto woman licked her lips and smiled invitingly.2004, Arthur Herzog, Jr, Icetopia, page 78
    Synonyms:
    mestizo, metis

mulatto meaning in Tagalog and Arabic

mulatto in Tagalog

person of mixed black and white descent
mulato

mulatto in Arabic

person of mixed black and white descent
خِلَاسِيّ ḵilāsiyy

Synonyms of mulatto

Forms of mulatto

pluralmulattoes
pluralmulattos

Origin of mulatto

Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.

Words formed from mulatto

Words that rhyme with mulatto

Questions about mulatto

What does mulatto mean?
Mulatto means a person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
What is mulatto in Tagalog?
Mulatto in Tagalog is mulato. See Mulatto meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is mulatto?
Mulatto is a noun.
How do you pronounce mulatto?
Mulatto is pronounced /mʊˈlɑtoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of mulatto?
The plural of mulatto is mulattoes.

Words near mulatto in the dictionary

  1. mulatos
  2. mulatress
  3. mulatresses
  4. mulatta
  5. mulattas
  6. mulatto
  7. mulattoes
  8. mulattoism
  9. mulattos
  10. mulattress
  11. mulattresses

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