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USAGE NOTE
Historically, this term was used to refer to a person with one white and one black parent, or to a person of mixed black and white heritage in general. It is considered outdated and offensive in many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
mulatto(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (general)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. el mulato (M), la mulata (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The boy who opened the door was a mulatto, the son of a white man and a plantation slave.El chico que abrió la puerta era un mulato, hijo de un hombre blanco y una esclava de la plantación.
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