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mestizo vs. mulatto
noun
plural mestizos, mestizoes.
- a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent. mestiza ( def ).
noun
plural mulattoes, mulattos.
- Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.
- Older Use: Offensive. a person who has both Black and white ancestors.
adjective
- of a light-brown color.