mu‧lat‧to /mjuːˈlætəʊ $ mʊˈlætoʊ/
noun (
plural mulattos)
[countable] old-fashioned[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Spanish;
Origin: mulato, from mulo, from Latin mulus; ⇒ mule]
a word for someone with one black parent and one white parent, which is now usually considered offensive
⇒
mixed race at
mixed(7)
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