mulatto
noun/mjuˈlætəʊ/
/məˈlɑːtəʊ/
(plural mulattos, mulattoes)
(old-fashioned, offensive)- an offensive word for a person with one black parent and one white parent If you need to refer to a person's background you can use a term such as mixed-race.Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish mulato ‘young mule or mulatto’, formed irregularly from mulo ‘mule’.
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