'''Half-breed''' is a pejorative which can refer to:
'''Half-breed''' is a pejorative which can refer to:
*a person with multiple racial/ethnic backgrounds, where in such contexts the term is used in a derogatory fashion as a slur
*a person with multiple racial/ethnic backgrounds, where in such contexts the term is used in a derogatory fashion as a slur
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*[[Half-Breed Republicans]], the leading reformist faction of the [[Republican Party]] during the [[Gilded Age]] whose name was applied in an overtly negative connotation by their comparably pro-civil rights rival faction, the pro-machine "old guard" [[Stalwart Republicans]], to insinuate that they were only "half Republican."
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*[[Half-Breed Republicans]], the leading reformist faction of the [[Republican Party]] during the [[Gilded Age]] whose name was applied in an overtly negative connotation by their comparably pro-civil rights rival faction, the pro–political machine "old guard" [[Stalwart Republicans]], to insinuate that they were only "half Republican."