half-blood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

half- +‎ blood

Adjective[edit]

half-blood (not comparable)

  1. Related by sharing descent from one parent.

Noun[edit]

half-blood (plural half-bloods)

  1. Alternative form of half blood
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
      It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.
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