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Mestee en · ADJ

Etymology

Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
2. (not-comparable) Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.

Relateds

Mustee · Africans and Native Americans

Mestee en · NOUN

Etymology

Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

Meanings

1. A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
2. A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.
3. A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
4. In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).

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