Definition of mulatto

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mu·lat·to    (m-lt, -lät, my-) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. mu·lat·tos or mu·lat·toes

1. A person having one white and one Black parent. See Usage Note at octoroon.
2. A person of mixed white and Black ancestry.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mlus

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