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

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In a 2022 episode of the celebrated TV show Atlanta, Withers played a light-skinned, mixed-race high school student passing as white. Neda Ulaby, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025 Blitz, Steve McQueen’s 2024 film about the Luftwaffe bombing of London, featured an improbably mixed-race protagonist. Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025 According to the 2022 Brazilian Census, the number of mixed-race Brazilians in on the rise. Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Hermanus, who is forty-two, grew up in Cape Town, in a mixed-race family that experienced and protested against apartheid. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mixed-race

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mixed-race was in 1872

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“Mixed-race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-race. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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