Half-blood

Pronunciation: /ˈhæf- ˈbɫəd/

Half-blood (noun)

  1. A person whose parents come from two different family backgrounds, so their ancestry is only partly from each.
  2. In fantasy stories, a person with magical ability from only one parent, not from both.

Examples

  • She is a half-blood with mixed ancestry.
  • They describe him as a half-blood because of mixed ancestry.

Half-blood (adjective)

  1. Describing someone whose ancestry comes partly from one group and partly from another.

Examples

  • The story is half-blood, partly from each side.
  • Her answer is half-blood, partly from each source.