"mulatto" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /muˈlɑtoʊ/ [US], /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mulatto.wav Forms: mulattoes [plural], mulattos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -ætəʊ 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. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|pt|-}} Borrowed from Portuguese, {{bor|en|es|mulato||of mixed breed, young mule}} Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), {{der|en|la|mūlus||mule}} Latin mūlus (“mule”) Head templates: {{en-noun|es|s}} mulatto (plural mulattoes or mulattos)
  1. (historical, now sometimes derogatory) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents. Wikipedia link: mulatto Tags: derogatory, historical, sometimes Categories (topical): People, Racism Synonyms: mestizo, metis Translations (person of mixed black and white descent): خِلَاسِيّ (ḵilāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), мулат (mulat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mulat [masculine] (Catalan), mulato [masculine] (Catalan), mulata [feminine] (Catalan), 黑白混血兒 /黑白混血儿 (hēibái hùnxiěr) (Chinese Mandarin), mulat [masculine] (Czech), mulatka [feminine] (Czech), mulat [common-gender] (Danish), mulat [masculine] (Dutch), mulattin [feminine] (Dutch), halfbloed [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), dubbelbloed [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mulatti (Finnish), mulâtre [feminine, masculine] (French), mulâtresse [feminine] (French), café au lait [colloquial] (French), Mulatte [masculine] (German), Mulattin [feminine] (German), μιγάς (migás) [masculine] (Greek), milat (Haitian Creole), בן־תערובות (ben-ta'a'rovot) (Hebrew), mulatt (Hungarian), mulatto [masculine] (Italian), mulatta [feminine] (Italian), ムラート (murāto) (Japanese), мулат (mulat) [masculine] (Macedonian), mulatt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mulatt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Mulat [masculine] (Polish), Mulatka [feminine] (Polish), mulato [masculine] (Portuguese), mulata [feminine] (Portuguese), mulatru [masculine] (Romanian), mulatră [feminine] (Romanian), мула́т (mulát) [masculine] (Russian), мула́тка (mulátka) [feminine] (Russian), mulat (Slovene), mulato [masculine] (Spanish), mulata [feminine] (Spanish), mulatt [common-gender] (Swedish), mulato (Tagalog), мула́т (mulát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мула́тка (mulátka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mulat (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-mulatto-en-noun-SAYTpDng Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Macedonian terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Multiracial, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 99 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 0 1 Related terms: mulatta, mulattress [feminine], brown, browning, Coloured, half-breed, half blood, maroon, mixed-race, Mischling, red nigger Coordinate_terms: mixed black and white:, sacatra (7, 8 black), cabre, cob (alt: cobb), griffe, Sambo (alt: samboe), terceroon (3, 4 black), marabou (5, costee, quadroon (1, mustee (alt: mestee), octoroon (1 (alt: octaroon), 8 black) (octaroon) (alt: octaroon), fustee, hexadecaroon, musteefino (1/16 black) (alt: mustifino, mustiphini), quintroon (1 (alt: quintoon), 16 or 1 (quintoon) (alt: quintoon), 32 black) (quintoon) (alt: quintoon), dustee (1, 32 black), mixed white and Native:, castizo (1, 4 Native), mameluco (1, 2 Native), mestizo (english: any mix, especially 1/2 Native)

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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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          "ref": "2005, Jeffrey M. Shumway, The Case of the Ugly Suitor & Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870:",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulat"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "mulata"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "hēibái hùnxiěr",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "黑白混血兒 /黑白混血儿"
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      "word": "mulat"
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    {
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulatka"
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulat"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulat"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulattin"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "halfbloed"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "mulatti"
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "mulâtre"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulâtresse"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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      "word": "café au lait"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Mulatte"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Mulattin"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "migás",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "μιγάς"
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      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "milat"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ben-ta'a'rovot",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "בן־תערובות"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "mulatt"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mulatto"
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "ムラート"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "mulato"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "mulatru"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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      "word": "mulatră"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "мула́т"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mulátka",
      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "person of mixed black and white descent",
      "word": "mulat"
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}

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