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subrace

subrace noun: a secondary or subsidiary race.

Noun

subrace (plural subraces)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary race.
    • “The people in the south treat the northeast as a subrace of Brazilians,” said Roberto Quiñiero, who owns a small food market in Pedreiras.2009 May 18, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Little Relief Expected for Flood-Ravaged Brazil”, in New York Times

Forms of subrace

pluralsubraces

Origin of subrace

From sub- + race.

Questions about subrace

What does subrace mean?
Subrace means a secondary or subsidiary race.
What part of speech is subrace?
Subrace is a noun.
What is the plural of subrace?
The plural of subrace is subraces.

Words near subrace in the dictionary

  1. subquiver
  2. subquivers
  3. subquotient
  4. subquotients
  5. Subra
  6. subrace
  7. subraces
  8. subracial
  9. subrack
  10. subracks
  11. subradar

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