Meanings
adjectivehalf-blood (not comparable)
- not comparableRelated by sharing descent from one parent.
nounhalf-blood (plural half-bloods)
plural half-bloods
- alternativeAlternative form of half blood.
It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.
1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Origin
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half-blood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-blood
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Chicago
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