half-caste

1. 1.

   an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures

   Broadermixed-blood

   Narrowerhalf-breed

   disparagement

Questions about half-caste

What does half-caste mean?

half-caste means "an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures".

How many syllables are in half-caste?

half-caste has 2 syllables: half--caste. The stress falls on "half-".

Is half-caste a common word?

half-caste is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.