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Nov 30, 2009
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half-caste



Pronunciation: (haf'kast", häf'käst"), [key]
n.
1. a person of mixed race.
2. a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage.
3. a person descended from parents of different social strata.

adj.
of or pertaining to a half-caste.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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