DCHP-2
half-white DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person of mixed Indian and white ancestry.
See also: half-breed (def. 1)
- 1853 (1942) The force for field operations consisted of 130 seamen and marines . . . and a body of 11 half whites, enlisted in the Colony for that service.
- 1933 The Indians never get as much fur as the whites or half-whites. . . .
- 1853 (1942) The force for field operations consisted of 130 seamen and marines . . . and a body of 11 half whites, enlisted in the Colony for that service.