mixblood

English

Etymology

mix +‎ blood

Noun

mixblood (plural mixbloods)

  1. A person of mixed racial heritage.
    Antonym: fullblood
    • 1998, Laurence French, The Qualla Cherokee Surviving in Two Worlds, page 71:
      It was at this time that the once nearly pure blooded Qualla Cherokees were recognized as having a contingency of black and white mixbloods as well as Cherokee / Catawba mixbloods living among them.
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