Dictionary entry

Mulatto

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mu‐lat″to (?), n.; pl.Mulattoes (#). [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See Mule.] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, — usually of a brownish yellow complexion.