mulattress
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Mulattress — Mu*lat tress, n. A female mulatto. G. W. Gable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mulattress — noun /mjuːˈlatɹɪs/ A female mulatto, a mulatta; a woman with one black and one white parent. I believe his final choice was determined less by personal preference than by compassion: it was a beautiful but modest looking mulattress who stood in… … Wiktionary
mulattress — mu·lat·tress … English syllables
mulatto — (n.) 1590s, offspring of a European and a black African, from Sp. or Port. mulato of mixed breed, lit. young mule, from mulo mule, from L. mulus (fem. mula) mule (see MULE (Cf. mule) (1)); possibly in reference to hybrid origin of mules. As an… … Etymology dictionary
mulatta — məˈlad.ə, myəˈ , myüˈ , atə noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish mulata, feminine of mulato : mulattress … Useful english dictionary
