subrace
English
Etymology
sub- + race
Noun
subrace (plural subraces)
- (taxonomy) A secondary or subsidiary race.
- 2009 May 18, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Little Relief Expected for Flood-Ravaged Brazil”, in New York Times:
- “The people in the south treat the northeast as a subrace of Brazilians,” said Roberto Quiñiero, who owns a small food market in Pedreiras.
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Related terms
- subracial