full-blood

full-blood

English

Noun

full-blood (plural full-bloods)

1. A pure-bred animal. [from 18th c.]
2. (Australia, now offensive) An Aboriginal person of unmixed ancestry. [from 19th c.]
   • 1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 38:

     There are only 800 full-bloods now in New South Wales due to the maladministration of previous governments.

   • 1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics 2018, p. 104:

     Dorahy has his mouth ready to smile […] but it is a young woman who appears, a full-blood with crisp hair and a deeply pigmented skin.

Descendants

• → German: Vollblut (calque)