Definition of half-blood
(Entry 1 of 2)
: related to or being a half blood
half-blood steers half-blood bison females
Note: Use of the adjective half-blood to refer to a person having parents of different races (see race entry 1 sense 1a) is considered offensive.
half blood
noun
plural half bloods
Definition of half blood (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: the relation between persons having only one parent in common
b
: a person so related to another
3
: a domestic animal with one parent purebred and the other of inferior breeding : grade sense 4
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The first known use of half-blood was in 1553
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