biracial

adjective

bi·​ra·​cial (ˌ)bī-ˈrā-shəl How to pronounce biracial (audio)
: of, relating to, or involving members of two races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a biracial coalition
biracial couples
also : having parents from two races
biracial children

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Far fewer have the nerve to suggest that, as a beleaguered antifascist remnant stares down a white-supremacist police state, a biracial child will lead them. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025 But Schlitz couldn’t ignore that his biracial, Black daughter seemed to be mistreated in comparison to other students. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025 By the late 19th century, white Southerners had regained control of state governments from the biracial coalitions that emerged following the ratification of the 15th Amendment. Time, 12 Sep. 2025 Fuentes, a 27-year-old influencer with more than 730,000 followers on X, showed his audience a photo of Vance with his Indian American wife and biracial kids in front of the Taj Mahal. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biracial

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of biracial was in 1895

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“Biracial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biracial. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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biracial

adjective
bi·​ra·​cial (ˈ)bī-ˈrā-shəl How to pronounce biracial (audio)
: of, relating to, or involving people from two races
biracial communities
especially : having biological parents of two different ethnic identities
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