half blood

¹

noun

1. the relation between persons having only one common parent.

half-blood

²

[ haf-bluhd, hahf- ]

noun

1. Disparaging and Offensive. half-breed ( def 1 ).
2. a person who has only one parent in common with another person, as a half sister or half brother.

half-blood

noun

1. 1. the relationship between individuals having only one parent in common
   2. an individual having such a relationship
2. a less common name for a half-breed
3. a half-blooded domestic animal

Word History and Origins

Origin of half blood¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Origin of half blood²

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English half blod

Example Sentences

“Real Indians dress like Indian. Real Indians live on reservations. Real Indians are at least half blood. Real Indians know their language …,” she said.

From Washington Times

In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood.

From Project Gutenberg

At old Mr. Brown's I got a half blood Cherokee to agree to go with me, whose name was Jack Thompson.

From Project Gutenberg

Prohibited Degrees.—Marriages between persons nearer of kin than second cousins of the whole blood or cousins of the half blood.

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On a low rise of brown gravel, Mahmoud, the Circassian naqeeb in charge of their training troop, sat astride a sleek brown Arab half blood.

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