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Meaning of half-caste | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person of mixed racial descent.

derogatory

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.

See also

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