What does grif mean?
Grif means (dated or historical) Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”)..
Grif
/ɡɹɪf/ · noun
Meaning
(dated or historical) Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”)..
Example Sentences
His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.
[…] in the inventory of the estate of Jean Decuir in 1771, she was listed as one of 3 mulatto children of a grif mother.
Lisette also had two older daughters: Magdaleine, born in 1749; and Francoise, born in 1753 and variously identified as a grif or mulatto.
[This] author of one of the most detailed contemporary discussions about the prophetess and the Trou Coffy insurgency, was the first on record to refer to the prophetess as a “grif,” meaning someone born to one black and one mulatto parent.
Synonyms for grif
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Word Forms
- grifs
Usage Notes
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His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.
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