mulatto

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /m(j)ʊˈlætəʊ/    美 /mʊˈlɑtoʊ/|[məˈlɑɾoʊ̯]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents. derogatory,historical,sometimes
    — Respectable folk who did not want trouble stayed withindoors; but young apprentices were abroad in force; Negroes and mulattoes; rope- makers and laborers from along the waterfront; and sailors hastening ashore from the ships […]

词形变化

mulattoes plural mulattos plural

词源

Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.
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