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Definition of half-caste in English English dictionary
- A derogatory name for a person of mixed racial descent
- Describing someone of mixed racial descent in a derogatory manner
- Someone who is half-caste has parents who come from different races. a very offensive word for someone whose parents are of different races. Do not use this word mixed race
- person whose parents are from different races
- offspring of parents of different races or cultures
- halfcaste
- Also adjective; as, half-caste parents
- halfcaste
- One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other