HALF-CASTE

Meaning of HALF-CASTE in English

noun

( taboo , offensive ) a person whose parents are from different races

► ˈhalf-caste adjective ( taboo , offensive )

HELP NOTE : It is more acceptable to talk about 'a person of mixed race '.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HALF-CASTE — noun Date: 1789 one of mixed racial descent ; half-breed , ~ adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HALF-CASTE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a person of mixed racial or cultural descent : half-breed II. adjective : of the rank …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — (n.) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. …
Английский словарь Webster
HALF-CASTE — ( n. ) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — /haf"kast', hahf"kahst'/ , n. 1. a person of mixed race. 2. a person of mixed European and Hindu or European …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — person whose parents are from different races
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HALF-CASTE — noun Date: 1789 : one of mixed racial descent : half-breed • half-caste adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALF-CASTE — noun one born of a european parent on the one side, and of a hindoo or mohammedan on the other. …
Webster English vocab
HALF-CASTE — Pronunciation: ' haf- ˌ kast, ' häf- Function: noun Date: 1789 : one of mixed racial descent : HALF-BREED – …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — ■ noun offensive a person of mixed race.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HALF-CASTE — [half-caste] n (1789): one of mixed racial descent: half-breed -- half-caste adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HALF-CASTE — half-caste BrE AmE ˈhɑːf kɑːst § ˈhæf-, § -kæst AmE \ ˈhæf kæst ▷ half-caste|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — ˈhalf-caste BrE AmE noun [countable] taboo a very offensive word for someone whose parents are of different races. Do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALF-CASTE — ( half-castes) Someone who is half-caste has parents who come from different races. ( mainly BRIT OFFENSIVE ) ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF-CASTE — (~s) Someone who is ~ has parents who come from different races. (mainly BRIT OFFENSIVE) ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HALF-CASTE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ See how unnatural she looks, how like a half-caste .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HALF-CASTE — сущ. человек смешанной расы человек смешанной расы; метис
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — Гибрид
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — _n. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HALF-CASTE — half-caste сущ.человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HALF CASTE — (n) человек смешанной расы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HALF CASTE — (0) метис
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HALF CASTE — человек смешанной расы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HALF CASTE — человек смешанной расы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HALF-CASTE — сущ. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HALF-CASTE — сущ. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HALF-CASTE — _n. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HALF-CASTE — n. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HALF-CASTE — _n. человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HALF-CASTE — Метис
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — Метида
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — Канадские метисы
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
HALF-CASTE — см. half-cast
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
HALF-CASTE — сущ. человек смешанной расы человек смешанной расы; метис
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF-CASTE — человек смешанной расы
Англо-Русский словарь
CASTE — adj chaste; stilo caste chaste, chastened style
Interlingua English vocab
CASTE — I Any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous (see exogamy and endogamy ) occupational groups that constitute traditional societies in certain …
Английский словарь Британика
HALF — I. ˈha]f, haa(ə)], hai], hȧ], hä]; in sense 2b the f is often lost when “past” follows noun ( plural …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASTE — ˈkast, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Spanish casta race, breed, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALF — /haf, hahf/ , n. , pl. halves /havz, hahvz/ , adj. , adv. n. 1. one of two equal or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASTE — — casteism , n. — casteless , adj. /kast, kahst/ , n. 1. Sociol. a. an endogamous and hereditary social …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALF — I. ˈhaf, ˈhäf noun ( plural halves ˈhavz, ˈhävz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healf; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CASTE — ˈkäst noun Etymology: Portuguese casta, literally, race, lineage, from feminine of casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus Date: 1613 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALF — adj part; side; behalf. 2. half ·vt to halve. ·see halve. 3. half ·adj consisting of a moiety, or half; …
Webster English vocab
CASTE — noun one of the hereditary classes into which the hindoos are divided according to the laws of brahmanism. 2. caste …
Webster English vocab
HALF — [half] n, pl halves [ME, fr. OE healf; akin to OHG halb half] (bef. 12c) 1 a: either of two …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CASTE — [caste] n [Pg casta, lit., race, lineage, fr. fem. of casto pure, chaste, fr. L castus] (1613) 1: one of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CASTE — in biology, a subset of individuals within a colony (society) of social animals that is specialized in the function it …
Britannica English vocabulary
HALF
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CASTE — caste BrE AmE kɑːst § kæst AmE kæst (= cast) ▷ castes kɑːsts § kæsts AmE kæsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALF — / hɑːf; NAmE hæf/ noun , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ noun ( pl. halves / hɑːvz; NAmE hævz/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASTE — / kɑːst; NAmE kæst/ noun 1. [ C ] any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF — I. half 1 S1 W1 /hɑːf $ hæf/ BrE AmE predeterminer , pronoun , adjective [only before noun] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASTE — caste /kɑːst $ kæst/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Portuguese ; Origin: casta 'race' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALF
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CASTE — n. 1 any of the Hindu hereditary classes whose members have no social contact with other classes, but are socially …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HALF
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CASTE — n. 1 any of the Hindu hereditary classes whose members have no social contact with other classes, but are socially …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HALF
Oxford English vocab
CASTE — n.1 any of the Hindu hereditary classes whose members have no social contact with other classes, but are socially equal …
Oxford English vocab
HALF — ( halves /hɑ:vz, AM hævz/ ) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASTE — ( castes) 1. A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASTE — (~s) 1. A ~ is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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