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half-English

adjective

  1. having partial English citizenship through the nationality of one parent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

You see you speak our language, Mr. Gotobed, and we can't help thinking you are half-English.

She was half-English, half-Polynesian, and a really and truly queen.

The "English" or half-English characters, who come in sometimes as foils, are also rather of the stick, sticky.

The study of the behaviour of the "half-English" during the war has an inherent air of reality and moderation.

A word in your ear—that pleasant half-English face is the face of the Governor's daughter.

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