mixblood

English

Etymology

mix +‎ blood

Noun

mixblood (plural mixbloods)

1. A person of mixed racial heritage.

   Antonym: fullblood

   • 1998, Laurence French, The Qualla Cherokee Surviving in Two Worlds, page 71:

     It was at this time that the once nearly pure blooded Qualla Cherokees were recognized as having a contingency of black and white mixbloods as well as Cherokee / Catawba mixbloods living among them.