French halfbreed

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.

See: Brulé(def 1.),Metis

Quotations

1860

It does not contain a single word in the way of a comparison between the English and the French Halfbreeds.

1963

Urging them on were French half-breeds among them, and French traders behind them in the Illinois country... .