- a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed European and Hindu or European and Muslim parentage.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a person descended from parents of two different social strata.
- of or relating to a half-caste.
- a person having parents of different races, esp the offspring of a European and an Indian
- of, relating to, or designating such a person
