half-breed

Speech parts

1. half-breed - Noun

2. half-breed - Adjective

3. half-breed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Half-blooded.

A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

half breed

Synonyms

half-bred half-blooded metis mutt half blood mule mestizo mongrel cross mixed breed hybrid hybridization crossbred crossbreed
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Antonyms

thoroughbred pure pedigree full-blooded purebred bloodstock
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Hypernyms

half-caste

Examples

We may be a small community and a Half-breed community at that - but we are men, free and spirited men, and we will not allow even the Dominion of Canada to trample on our rights. Louis Riel

Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too. Lilith Saintcrow

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way. Janice Dickinson

Close letter words and terms

half-breadth half-break half-bred half-breed mongrel half-broken half-brother