HALF-CASTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does half-caste mean? 

• HALF-CASTE (noun)
  The noun HALF-CASTE has 1 sense:

1. an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures

  Familiarity information: HALF-CASTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALF-CASTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("half-caste" is a kind of...):

mixed-blood (a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "half-caste"):

half-breed (an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry))