noun: A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
noun: A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.
noun: A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
noun: In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
adjective: Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
adjective: Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
