mixed-blood
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- noun
- /mɪkst blʌd/
- Slur
:
mestizo (término ofensivo/arcaico, EE. UU.)
- At the same time, many mixed-blood males used their cross-cultural backgrounds to their own advantage.
- mixed-blood Indians
- mixed-blood offspring
- mixed-blood Creek
Examples
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LaFlesche's life as a mixed-blood making his way in the world carried its share of frustrations and pain.
Academic text (2001) -
Equally important, but rarely mentioned, Kipling fought rumors of his own "mixed blood."
Academic text (2000) -
Although his characteristics qualify him for hero status, his mixed blood prevents him from fulfilling the role.
Academic text (1997) -
Behind the windows, the Indian and mixed-blood passengers sat straight in the back seats.
Fiction book (1990) -
By the 1870s, many of the mixed-bloods had lighter skin and hair than other students with more Cherokee blood.
Academic text (1991) -
In 1885, only 18 mixed-bloods lived among roughly 2,000 full-bloods.
Academic text (1999) -
Virtually every major eighteenth-century trader had an Indian wife and raised a mixed-blood family.
Academic text (1990) -
The exploding population of mixed-bloods likely sharpened the full-bloods' sense of cultural self.
Academic text (1999) -
LaFlesche's father, Joseph or Instamaza, was mixed-blood, the son of a French father and a Ponca mother.
Academic text (2001) -
Henri was proud of his heritage as a mixed-blood person, embodying both French and Ojibwa cultures.
Synonyms
A person who belongs to several different ethnic groups
Antonyms
- Specialized
An animal whose parents and grandparents are the same breed with papers showing no mixing
How Purebred
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mixed-blood is simply mixed + blood, where 'blood' has long been used to mean 'family' or 'ancestry'. So the word named a person whose family lines were mixed—often used in history for people with both Indigenous and European roots—and today it still means someone with parents or ancestors from different racial groups.