half-breed
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- noun
- /ˈhæfˌbriːd/
- Slur
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[Término ofensivo para una persona de ascendencia mixta]
- In the absence of clear or definitive criteria, some authorities regarded half-breeds to be Indians well into the 20th century.
- Indians and half-breeds
- half-breed North American Indian
- legal status of half-breeds
Examples
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Don Pedro asked the half-breed, paying no attention to my exclamation.
Fiction book (2002) -
How do we know the half-breed hasn't led him into a trap?
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Then that half-breed is your king.
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So instead we get what I call half-breeds.
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A monster, a half-breed child.
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You think the humans will ever accept a half-breed like you?
Fiction book (1998) -
By the early 20th century, the legal status of half-breeds remained unresolved.
Academic text (2010) -
I have always been attracted to half-breeds, to the mixing of cultures.
Fiction book (2002) -
Frank told us that Pete Spence employs many half-breeds up here.
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Jack Blueblood was born a half-breed on an Indian reservation, facing prejudice for his mixed heritage.
Synonyms
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An insulting word used to hurt people because of their race or nationality
A person who belongs to several different ethnic groups
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word half-breed was also used for people and comes from half ('partly') and breed ('family' or 'background'). This use became a hurtful label, so today the word is widely seen as offensive and should not be used.