half-caste

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [haf, hahf kast, kahst]
- /hæf, hɑf kæst, kɑst/
- /hɑːf kɑːst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf kast, kahst]
- /hæf, hɑf kæst, kɑst/

Definitions of half-caste word

noun half-caste a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent. 1
noun half-caste a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage. 1
noun half-caste a contemptuous term used to refer to a person descended from parents of two different social strata. 1
adjective half-caste of or relating to a half-caste. 1
noun half-caste person of mixed race 1
adjective half-caste of mixed race 1

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Origin of half-caste

First appearance:

before 1785

One of the 44% newest English words

First recorded in 1785-95

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Parts of speech for Half-caste

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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half-caste popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for half-caste

noun half-caste

combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
bastard — Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
half-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.

All 16 Synonyms of half-caste

Antonyms for half-caste

noun half-caste

separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
pedigreed — having established purebred ancestry: a pedigreed collie.
pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.

All 8 Antonyms of half-caste

half-caste

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Synonyms for half-caste

noun half-caste

Antonyms for half-caste

noun half-caste

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