half-caste

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person of mixed racial descent.

Equivalents

DeutschHalbblut

Examples

“AO Neville, the Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia until the 1930s, railed against the risk ⟳ of the creation of a ‘third race ⟳’ of half-castes.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

half-cell half-century half-chair half-chance half-colonel Half-coupling

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