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Definition of "half-blooded" []

  • Having only one parent in common. (adjective)
  • Having one parent of pedigreed stock and the other of unknown or mixed ancestry. Used of animals. (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-blooded" in a sentence
  • "Rice v. Cayetano involved a state law that distinguished between people who had some Native Hawaiian ancestry and those who were full or half-blooded Native Hawaiians for purposes of state-run elections."
  • "Iranians are a major community in US where there are lots of Iranian-American half-blooded citizens country-wide and of course they would be among the main catalysts that enforce the cabinet of President Obama to apply some basic "metamorphosis" in his performance, rhetoric and approach toward Iran."
  • "One day, Frank gets an offer: The biggest endurance race in the Middle East is starting up, and the shiek of shieks is offended that Frank calls his half-blooded mustang "the best endurance racer in the world" when clearly, his pure-bred stallion is the finest racers."