Mestizo vs. Mulatto — What's the Difference?

Mestizo (; Spanish: [mesˈtiθo] (listen); fem. mestiza) is a racial classification used to refer to a person of a combined European and Indigenous American ancestry.

Mulatto (, ) is a racial classification to refer to people of mixed African and European ancestry. Its use is considered outdated and offensive.

A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially a Latin American person of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially one having one white and one black parent.

A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.

A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, - usually of a brownish yellow complexion.

The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.

An offspring of a Black and a White parent

A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)