half-breed
Pluralhalf-breeds
Pluralhalf-breeds
- 1A rude, old word for a person whose parents are from two different races.
The other kids called him a half-breed and left him out of their games.
It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost WorldHere, half-breeds is an offensive old word for people of mixed race.Note
- 2An animal or plant that comes from two different breeds or types.
Like mixing red and yellow paint to get a brand-new color.
The farmer's dog was a half-breed, part collie and part something else.
These roses are half-breeds bred from two wild kinds.
Similarhybrid, crossbreed, cross
Oppositepurebred
- 3An old and hurtful way to describe someone whose parents are from two different races.
Old town records described the whole family as half-breed.
His half-breed background was used against him when he looked for work.
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- 4Describing an animal or plant that comes from two different breeds.
Like a plant grown from two different kinds of seed.
The half-breed pony was stronger than the purebred ones.
Most of the cattle on the ranch are half-breed.
Oppositepurebred, thoroughbred
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Origin
From half- and breed.