HALF-CASTE


Meaning of HALF-CASTE in English

/haf"kast', hahf"kahst'/ , n.

1. a person of mixed race.

2. a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage.

3. a person descended from parents of different social strata.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to a half-caste.

[ 1785-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .