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mulattress

UK/mjuːˈlatɹɪs/

mulattress noun: a female mulatto, a mulatta; a woman with one black and one white parent.

Noun

mulattress (plural mulattresses)

  1. (dated, offensive) A female mulatto, a mulatta; a woman with one black and one white parent.
    • I believe his final choice was determined less by personal preference than by compassion: it was a beautiful but modest-looking mulattress who stood in the background, protruding a pair of superb pear-shaped breasts, with her hands clasped behind her head and eyes raised soulfully to the ceiling.1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 70

Forms of mulattress

pluralmulattresses
alternative formmulatress

Origin of mulattress

From French mulâtresse, feminine of mulâtre.

Questions about mulattress

What does mulattress mean?
Mulattress means a female mulatto, a mulatta; a woman with one black and one white parent.
What part of speech is mulattress?
Mulattress is a noun.
How do you pronounce mulattress?
Mulattress is pronounced /mjuːˈlatɹɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of mulattress?
The plural of mulattress is mulattresses.

Words near mulattress in the dictionary

  1. mulattas
  2. mulatto
  3. mulattoes
  4. mulattoism
  5. mulattos
  6. mulattress
  7. mulattresses
  8. Mulawin
  9. mulay
  10. Mulben
  11. mulberries

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