English Dictionary

griffe

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡɹɪf/

名詞

アメリカ英語 方言

(chiefly US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.

日本語の意味

（主に米国の方言で、古風または歴史的な表現）黒人と白人の混血の人、特にムラートと純黒人との間に生まれた子孫

The local historian explained that in early records the term griffe was used to describe children of mixed black and white ancestry.

地域の歴史家は、初期の記録で黒人と白人の混血の人を指す語が、ムラートと純粋な黒人の間に生まれた子どもたちを表すために使われていたと説明した。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.

Saint-Domingue's complex system of racial classification allowed for no fewer than eight “mixed” racial parental combinations that could produce a griffe, as infamously calculated by Moreau.

griffes （ plural ）