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half-caste † Rare 
n. a person of mixed Indian and white ancestry.
See also: half-breed (def. 1)
- 1819 (1823) This, however, could hardly have been expected from persons who have permitted their own offspring, the half-casts, to remain in lamentable ignorance on a subject of such vital importance.
- 1935 . . . Mr. Coldwell remained in full possession of the little sheet ["The Nor-wester"], which he edited in conjunction with an able half caste native, James Ross. . . .
- 1819 (1823) This, however, could hardly have been expected from persons who have permitted their own offspring, the half-casts, to remain in lamentable ignorance on a subject of such vital importance.