Definition of mulatto
mulattoes
ormulattos
1 now sometimes offensive : the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person
2 now sometimes offensive : a person of mixed white and black ancestry
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Origin and Etymology of mulatto
Spanish mulato, from mulo mule, from Latin mulus
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