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half-breed

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half-breed
1. Offensive a person whose parents are of different races, esp the offspring of a White person and an American Indian
2. of, relating to, or designating offspring of people or animals of different races or breeds


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It was a matter of general joy, therefore, when he made his appearance, conducted by two half-breed Iroquois hunters.
All at once the doctor flung himself free, seized the heavy headboard of Williams' grave and felled Potter to the earth with it -- and in the same instant the half-breed saw his chance and drove the knife to the hilt in the young man's breast.
When he went on next day with his half-breed companion, he said 'Good-bye,' taking off his hat quite in the old style.
 
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