n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' la-( ˌ )t ō , mu ̇ -, myu ̇ -, - ' lä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -toes or -tos
Etymology: Spanish mulato, from mulo mule, from Latin mulus
Date: 1593
1 : the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person
2 : a person of mixed white and black ancestry