mulatto

noun

mu·​lat·​to mə-ˈlä-(ˌ)tō 

mu̇-,

myu̇-,

-ˈla- 

plural mulattoes or mulattos

1

usually offensive : the first-generation offspring of a Black person and a white person

2

usually offensive : a person of mixed white and Black ancestry

Word History

Etymology

Spanish mulato, from mulo mule, from Latin mulus

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1