Definitions for half-blood

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

half′ blood`(n.)

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

    Category: Anthropology

Origin of half blood:

1545–55

half′-blood`(n.)

  1. a person who has only one parent in common with another person, as a half sister or half brother.

    Category: Anthropology

  2. Category: Physical Anthropology

    Ref: half-breed.

Origin of half-blood:

1400–50

half′-blood`ed(adj.)

Wiktionary

  1. half-blood(Adjective)

    Related by sharing descent from one parent.


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