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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Spanish
Origin: mulato, from mulo, from Latin mulus; MULE

mulatto

 noun
     
mu‧lat‧to plural mulattos [countable] old-fashioned
a word for someone with one black parent and one white parent, which is now usually considered offensive [↪ mixed race]
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