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mulatto
/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/
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What does mulatto mean?
noun
- (derogatory, historical) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.
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/mʊˈlɑtoʊ/
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A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
The boy was a handsome, bright-eyed mulatto, of just Henrique’s size, and his curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead.
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The houses along these beautiful roads belong chiefly to Mameluco, mulatto, and Indian families, each of which has its own small plantation.
He was a heavy, bulky mulatto, on short legs, and he came tapping the floor in front of him with his gold-headed cane.
He was of a race many times crossed, and although with a dusky skin, he had not the disagreeable expression of a mulatto.