quarter-caste

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

quarter-castes 复数 quarter-castes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person with one "half-caste" parent and one Caucasian parent

    澳大利亚 新西兰 贬义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having one "half-caste" parent; especially, having three Caucasian and one non-Caucasian grandparents

    澳大利亚 新西兰 贬义

    Sister Kate's Quarter Caste Children's Home, opened in 1933, was the site for implementing the first stages of grooming young, 'nearly-white' children for 'ultimate absorption' into the white community.

词源

From quarter + caste.

来源:wiktionary