half-blooded

[ haf-bluhd-id, hahf- ]
/ ˈhæfˌblʌd ɪd, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.

Origin of half-blooded

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby half-blooded

half-ball, half-binding, half-blind, half-blind joint, half-blood, half-blooded, half-blue, half-board, half-boot, half-bottle, half-bound

Example sentences from the Web for half-blooded

  • I know these Yankees well--you are one, yourself, though only half-blooded; but I know them well, and have often seen them tried.

    Wyandotte |James Fenimore Cooper

  • It's only your half-blooded Americans that have been baked over in Europe, and our silly finefied gals that chase after you.

    Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, |Ann S. Stephens

  • I am no better than most traders—you see it is the custom here, neither is she worse than any of these half-blooded Paumotuans.

    The Ebbing Of The Tide |Louis Becke

British Dictionary definitions for half-blooded

half-blooded

adjective

being related to another individual through only one parent
having parents of different races
(of a domestic animal) having only one parent of known pedigree