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biracial

[ bahy-rey-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. consisting of, representing, or combining members of two separate racial groups:

    a biracial committee on neighborhood problems.

  2. having a biological mother from one racial group and a biological father from another:

    She's proudly biracial.



biracial

/ ²ú²¹ÉªËˆ°ù±ðɪʃə±ô /

adjective

  1. for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ²ú¾±Ëˆ°ù²¹³¦¾±²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • ²ú¾±Â·°ù²¹î€ƒc¾±²¹±ô·¾±²õ³¾ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of biracial1

First recorded in 1920–25; bi- 1 + racial
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Example Sentences

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Whitfield, who is biracial, claimed that Hassan’s comments about how she got the job on the show besmirched her merits, something that Black women often have to deal with in the workforce.

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Pixar’s animated movie, “Lightyear,†included a brief kiss between two women characters; and Disney’s animated film, “Strange World,†featured the company’s first biracial queer teen hero.

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That was especially painful on a personal level, she added, because Christine is biracial: Her mother is white and her biological father was Black, and the family history was awkward.

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Bode, who is biracial and queer, hopes to follow her feature film debut with coming-of-age stories, horror projects and “more gay stuff,†she said with a laugh.

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The version of the character from the book, who is named Karen, is also biracial.

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