"half-caste" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-half-caste.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} half-caste (not comparable)
  1. (derogatory) Of mixed racial descent. Tags: derogatory, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-half-caste-en-adj-ZW-5gGVk

Noun

Audio: En-us-half-caste.ogg [US] Forms: half-castes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-caste (plural half-castes)
  1. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial descent. Tags: derogatory Related terms: mixed-race, half-breed
    Sense id: en-half-caste-en-noun-pJ3QmE2r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 28 72

Inflected forms

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