biracial

[ bahy-rey-shuhl ]

adjective

1. consisting of, representing, or combining members of two separate racial groups:

   a biracial committee on neighborhood problems.

2. having a biological mother from one racial group and a biological father from another:

   She's proudly biracial.

biracial

/ baɪˈreɪʃəl /

adjective

1. for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black

Derived Forms

• biˈracialism, noun
• biˈracially, adverb

Other Words From

• bi·racial·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of biracial¹

First recorded in 1920–25; bi- ¹ + racial

Example Sentences

A shroom trip, for instance, poignantly conjures Ashley’s fears of her biracial son getting caught up in a system she thought she had outrun.

From Washington Post

I was thinking about how I was going to raise my biracial daughter in this mad world that had suddenly become even madder.

From Ozy

Austin is raising three biracial boys a few blocks from the square.

From Time

Meghan also referred to the role she would have liked to continue playing as a working royal, representing the diversity of the Commonwealth and its populations of color as a biracial woman herself.

From Time

I think about raising a biracial child in America, and I don’t have to worry about that as much, I feel like, here in New York.

From Vox

Manning does not believe biracial people should be categorized as black.

From The Daily Beast

Rather, a biracial coalition of interests saw busing as one of many tools in the fight for integration.

From The Daily Beast

Reeves spoke to The Daily Beast about his films, grade school beat-downs, being biracial, and much more.

From The Daily Beast

The ex-Mad TV cast members came out proudly as biracial in the first episode of their show.

From The Daily Beast

Is it because the biracial comedians seamlessly slip into the characters and skewer racial stereotypes?

From The Daily Beast

Of the rest, only sixty-one commands had invited local black leaders to participate in what were supposed to be biracial groups.

From Project Gutenberg