mixed-race

adjective

ˈmikst-ˈrās 

variants or less commonly mixed race

: deriving from or made up of two or more races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

mixed-race families/couples

his mixed-race heritage

especially : having parents or ancestors of different races

Factors like location and physical presentation greatly alter the experiences of mixed-race people.

—Tatjana Freund

He has recently published Mixed Feelings, a combination of poetry and interviews with other mixed race individuals that focuses on self-identity.

—Victoria Vouloumanos and Andrea Ruggiero

Disney+ has officially given the female-led Doogie Howser, M.D. reboot, with a working title of Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a 10-episode series order. The new show is a reimagining of the 1989 dramedy that will star a mixed-race 16-year-old girl as the titular Doogie, a role originally played by Neil Patrick Harris.

—Allison Picurro

Examples of mixed-race in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a pocket-size notebook at the Wellcome Collection, long claimed to have been bound in the skin of Crispus Attucks, a mixed-race Black and Native man recognized as the first person to die for American independence, is likely bound in camel, horse or goat skin, according to the museum. —Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024

When the mixed-race jury announced the not guilty verdict, public reaction seen in media coverage largely fell along racial lines, showing Black people celebrating and white people shocked by his acquittal. —Emma Bowman, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024

Recommended Safety Texas National Guard tests state authority on US southern border Portuguese society has also long been mixed-race due to its colonial history. —Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024

While reminiscing on working (and flirting) with legendary songstresses who forayed into the acting world like Madonna and Whitney Houston, host Clay Cane’s recent realization that Esposito is in fact mixed-race, not Afro Latino as many seem to believe, came up. —Rivea Ruff, Essence, 2 Apr. 2024

Not only do Bamboozled’s gritty aesthetic and maniacal spirit bolster its message about Hollywood’s racist core, but Lee implicates everyone — from the white television executive (Michael Rapaport) to the mixed-race audiences who make Pierre’s show a success. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024

Known as the Black Princess, this mestiza (mixed-race woman) was feared as a landowner of various estates and hundreds of slaves. —Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024

When Aren is instructed by his dealer to court a collector, the White arts patron mistakes our mixed-race hero for a caterer and hands him his empty wine glass. —Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024

Linnie Willis says students were surprised the university was promoting the show by Up With People, a mixed-race international singing group. —Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above