half-breeds
Biracial individuals, derogatorily
Half-breeds is a dated and now offensive term for people of mixed racial ancestry, particularly those with one Indigenous American and one white parent.
The word was once standard in legal and everyday usage: Half-breeds were often denied rights afforded to either parent group.
It has been displaced by terms like mixed-race or biracial.
Half-breed remains common in animal breeding, where it carries no stigma: a half-breed hunting dog.
Of multiple ancestries
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- mulattoMixed-race person, archaic
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- EurasianOf two connected continents
biracial · creole · mixed-blood · interracial · miscegenation · colonial · passing · colorism
mixed-race
Of multiple ancestries
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- mulattoMixed-race person, archaic
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
Eurasian · biracial · creole · mixed-blood · interracial · miscegenation · colonial · passing · colorism · segregation
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
tigon · wolfdog · beefalo · zonkey · offspring · sterile · purebred · mongrel · mutt · genetics
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
Spock · Vulcan · nephilim · heritage · bloodline · outcast · magic · supernatural · shapeshifter · fey
- superhumanssuperhumans, metahumans, superheroes, supervillains, mutants
half-breedspurebreds
Animals of documented lineage
full-bloods · purebloods · thoroughbreds · unmixed · pure-blooded
half-breedsmixed ancestry
Lineage from multiple ethnicities
Métis · mestizo · multiethnic · dual heritage
half-breedsmixed-race
Of multiple ancestries
biracial · multiracial · multicultural · mixed heritage · interracial
half, halves, halved, halving, halfway, halfback, breed, breeds, bred