Mulatto
[m(j)uː'lætəʊ] or [mju'læto]
Definition
(n.) The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
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Definition
n. the offspring of black and white parents:—fem. Mulatt′ress.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If a mulatto appears to you in a dream, beware of making new friendships or falling into associations with strange women, as you are threatened with loss of money and of high moral standing. See Negro.
Typist: Rachel
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A child of two races ashamed of both.
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Examples
- The boy was a handsome, bright-eyed mulatto, of just Henrique's size, and his curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The public and shameless sale of beautiful mulatto and quadroon girls has acquired a notoriety, from the incidents following the capture of the Pearl. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The mulatto maid called Mrs. Lovell Mingott into the hall, and the latter came back in a moment with a frowning brow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But in the yellow sitting-room it was the mulatto maid who waited. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Meanwhile, another conversation was going on in the lower part of the boat, between Emmeline and the mulatto woman with whom she was confined. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The man is a very light mulatto; he has a brand in one of his hands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Compare that mulatto with Ginevra! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One of these is a respectably-dressed mulatto woman between forty and fifty, with soft eyes and a gentle and pleasing physiognomy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In the course of the day, Tom was working near the mulatto woman who had been bought in the same lot with himself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Marry that mulatto woman? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Amy's Adonis is a short, thick man, almost a mulatto, with little purblind eyes and straight, coarse, black hair; and his age at least five and forty. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She had been married to a bright and talented young mulatto man, who was a slave on a neighboring estate, and bore the name of George Harris. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Did you ever know of his having--perhaps, you may have heard of his having a mulatto boy, named George? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Involuntarily she clung closer to the mulatto woman by her side, as if she were her mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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