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mullato

mullato is the misspelling of mulatto.

Meaning of mulatto

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
    Synonyms:
    mestizo, metis

Forms of mullato

pluralmullatoes
pluralmullatos

Questions about mullato

What is mullato the misspelling of?
Mullato is the misspelling of mulatto.

Words near mullato in the dictionary

  1. Mullarkeys
  2. Mullarky
  3. mullars
  4. mullas
  5. mullasses
  6. mullato
  7. mullatoes
  8. mullatos
  9. Mullaway
  10. mulled
  11. mulled over

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