half-breed
English
noun
Definitions
- (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed White and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis).
Etymology
Prefix from English breed.
Origin
English
breed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breed English
- breedable English
- breedbate English
- breeder English
- breedest English
- breedeth English
- breeding English
- breedism English
- breedist English
- breedy English
- colorbreed English
- cross-breed English
- crossbreed English
- inbreed English
- interbreed English
- intrabreed English
- misbreed English
- multibreed English
- outbreed English
- overbreed English
- rebreed English
- subbreed English
- thoroughbreed English
- unbreed English
- underbreed English
- upbreed English
- breden Middle English
- bredi Esperanto