"half-breed" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: half- + breed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|breed}} half- + breed Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} half-breed
  1. (of a person, derogatory) Having dual heritage; having mixed racial parentage or ancestry. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-half-breed-en-adj-~2iiizk~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English ethnic slurs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 31 11 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 58 28 14 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 18 12 0 Disambiguation of English ethnic slurs: 54 28 17 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 25 17 1 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 74 5 17 4
  2. (of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits. Translations (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry): mestiza (Esperanto), métis (French), Mischlings- (German), mestica (Ido), meticcio (Italian), mestizo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-half-breed-en-adj-64EDRnP1 Disambiguation of 'having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halfbreed Related terms: half-caste, mestizo, metis, métis, Metis, Métis, mixed-race, Mischling, mulatto

Noun [English]

Forms: half-breeds [plural]
Etymology: half- + breed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|breed}} half- + breed Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-breed (plural half-breeds)
  1. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo). Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Translations (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry): խառնածին (xaṙnacin) (Armenian), մետիս (metis) (Armenian), паўкро́вак (paŭkróvak) [masculine] (Belarusian), паўкро́ўка (paŭkróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), меты́с (mjetýs) [masculine] (Belarusian), меты́ска (mjetýska) [feminine] (Belarusian), ме́лез (mélez) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tsêhésevé'ho'e (Cheyenne), 半仿仔 (pòaⁿ-hóng-á) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 混血兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 混血儿 (hùnxuè'ér, hùnxuě'ér, hùnxiě'ér) (Chinese Mandarin), mestizo (Esperanto), mestizino [feminine] (Esperanto), puoliverinen (Finnish), métis [masculine] (French), métisse [feminine] (French), Mischling [dated, masculine, offensive] (German), Mischblut (english: discriminatory) [neuter, obsolete] (German), Mestize (note: from Spanish) [masculine] (German), Mestizin (note: from Spanish) [feminine] (German), Métis (note: from French) [masculine] (German), Métisse (note: from French) [feminine] (German), Halbblut [dated, derogatory, neuter] (German), בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת (ben ta'aróvet) [masculine] (Hebrew), mestico (Ido), mesticulo [masculine] (Ido), mesticino [feminine] (Ido), meticcio [masculine] (Italian), meticcia [feminine] (Italian), 混血児 (konketsuji) (alt: こんけつじ) (Japanese), 間の子 (ainoko) (alt: あいのこ) (Japanese), 혼혈 (honhyeol) (alt: 混血) (Korean), 혼혈아 (honhyeora) (alt: 混血兒) (Korean), япсар (yapsar) (Kumyk), hibrida [masculine] (Latin), mixtīcius [Late, masculine] (Latin), эрлийз (erliiz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), полукро́вка (polukróvka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), мети́с (metís) [masculine] (Russian), мети́ска (metíska) [feminine] (Russian), mestizo [masculine] (Spanish), mestiza [feminine] (Spanish), напівкро́вок (napivkróvok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), напівкро́вка (napivkróvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мети́с (metýs) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мети́ска (metýska) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mestit (Volapük), himestit [masculine] (Volapük), jimestit [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-half-breed-en-noun-8ETGcMZv Disambiguation of People: 26 0 74 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 35 19 44 2 Disambiguation of 'derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry': 98 2
  2. A hybrid animal or plant.
    Sense id: en-half-breed-en-noun-dzJ9BQVq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breed [short-form], halfbreed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "of a person"
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      ]
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        ],
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          "breed#English"
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        "(of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits."
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        "of an animal or plant"
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
          "word": "mestiza"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
          "word": "métis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
          "word": "Mischlings-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
          "word": "mestica"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
          "word": "meticcio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "halfbreed"
    }
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}
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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          "ref": "1921, Watson Kirkconnell, “Military Annals of Victoria”, in Victoria County Centennial History, Lindsay, Ontario: Watchman-Warder Press, →OCLC, page 186",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xaṙnacin",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "խառնածին"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "metis",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "մետիս"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паўкро́вак"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "paŭkróŭka",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паўкро́ўка"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "mjetýs",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меты́с"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjetýska",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "меты́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mélez",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́лез"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "tsêhésevé'ho'e"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "pòaⁿ-hóng-á",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半仿仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "混血兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùnxuè'ér, hùnxuě'ér, hùnxiě'ér",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "混血儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "mestizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mestizino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "puoliverinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "métis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "métisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "offensive"
      ],
      "word": "Mischling"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "discriminatory",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Mischblut"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from Spanish",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mestize"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from Spanish",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from French",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "note": "from French",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
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        "derogatory",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Halbblut"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "ben ta'aróvet",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֶּן תַּעֲרוֹבֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "mestico"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesticulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mesticino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meticcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meticcia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こんけつじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konketsuji",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "混血児"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あいのこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ainoko",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "間の子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "混血",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "honhyeol",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "혼혈"
    },
    {
      "alt": "混血兒",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "honhyeora",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "혼혈아"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "yapsar",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "япсар"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hibrida"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "Late",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mixtīcius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "erliiz",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эрлийз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polukróvka",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полукро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metís",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мети́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metíska",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мети́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mestizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mestiza"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "napivkróvok",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напівкро́вок"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "napivkróvka",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "напівкро́вка"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metýs",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мети́с"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metýska",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мети́ска"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "word": "mestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "himestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "jimestit"
    }
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}

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      "word": "mestizo"
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      "word": "metis"
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        ],
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      ],
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          "Hybridized",
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          "trait#English"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "mestiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "métis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "Mischlings-"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "mestica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "meticcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry",
      "word": "mestizo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-breed"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes eo vs es in translation item: 't' {1: 'es', 2: 'mestizino'}",
  "path": [
    "half-breed",
    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "half-breed",
  "trace": ""
}

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