mulatto
Meaning
A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
Synonyms
person of mixed parentage
half black
Translations
mulâtre
mulato
Mulatte
mulatto
mulattin
mulato
μιγάς
mulatFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/muˈlɑtoʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules.
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