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Half-caste   /hæf-kæst/   Listen
Half-caste

noun
1.
An offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures.






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"Half-caste" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the bowels of the earth till I reach the spacious and lofty vaults or tykhana under the building. Here, the place affording comparative safety, lived immured the women of the garrison, the soldiers' wives, half-caste females, the wives of the meaner civilians and their children. The poor creatures were seldom allowed to come up to the surface, lest they should come in the way of the shot which constantly lacerated the whole area, and few visitors were allowed access to them. Veritably they were in a dungeon. ...
— Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places • Archibald Forbes



Words linked to "Half-caste" :   mixed-blood, disparagement, half-breed, derogation, depreciation



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