mulatto
noun
mu·lat·to
mə-ˈlä-(ˌ)tō 
mu̇-,
myu̇-,
-ˈla-
plural mulattoes or mulattos
1
usually offensive
: the first-generation offspring of a Black person and a white person
2
usually offensive
: a person of mixed white and Black ancestry
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Noah is a mulatto, his grandmother a slave of part Cherokee blood and his grandfather an Irish sheriff.
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Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Mulatto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mulatto. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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