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Definition of "half-caste" []

  • A person of mixed racial descent. (noun)
  • Of mixed racial descent. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "half-caste" in a sentence
  • "That he was working up his animosity against the half-caste, and that the explosion might come any time, was apparent to all."
  • "Stapler, of the recruiting ketch Merry; Darby Shryleton, planter from Tito-Ito; Peter Gee, a half-caste Chinese pearl-buyer who ranged from Ceylon to the Paumotus, and Alfred Deacon, a visitor who had stopped off from the last steamer."
  • "The half-caste smiled and nodded acquiescence as he folded up the money."