Definition
It had various meanings according to locality, most implying race mixture or miscegenation. The racial mix is usually referred to as Tri-racial and may be any combination of the following: Native American, European Caucasian (i.e. English, French, Irish, Welsh, Portuguese, Spanish), Asians, or Moor, Turk, and any of the various African sub-groups.
In modern usage, the word is used throughout the United States to refer to fair skinned African American women.
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