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half-caste†
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person of mixed Indian and white ancestry.
See: half-breed(def. 1)
Quotations
1819
This, however, could hardly have been expected from persons who have permitted their own offspring, the half-casts, to remain in lamentable ignorance on a subject of such vital importance.
1935
. . . Mr. Coldwell remained in full possession of the little sheet ["The Nor-wester"], which he edited in conjunction with an able half caste native, James Ross. . . .