Meaning & use
half-blood
A person related to another through only one shared parent, rather than through both.
See it in a sentence
Under the old inheritance law, a half-blood sibling received a smaller share of the estate.
Genealogists traced the family tree carefully to separate full-blood and half-blood relatives.
A note on using this word
The term is now mainly used in genealogy and law for partial-sibling relationships; applying it to a person's racial or ethnic background is outdated and can be offensive.
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full-blood
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