Meanings
nounfull-blood (plural full-bloods)
plural full-bloods
- AustraliaoffensiveAn Aboriginal person of unmixed ancestry.First known use 19th c.
There are only 800 full-bloods now in New South Wales due to the maladministration of previous governments.
1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 381 more example
Dorahy has his mouth ready to smile […] but it is a young woman who appears, a full-blood with crisp hair and a deeply pigmented skin.
1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 104
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof unmixed ancestry
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