About The Word Mestizo
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Mestizo
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What's The Definition Of Mestizo?
[n] a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mestizo: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mestizo: Cape Colored | cattalo | citrange | cross | crossbreed | Eurasian | griffe | half blood | half-bred | half-breed | half-caste | high yellow | hinny | hybrid | ladino | liger | mestee | mestiza | metis | metisse | mixblood | mixed-blood | mongrel | mulatto | mule | mustee | octoroon | plumcot | quadroon | quintroon | sambo | tangelo | tigon | zebrass | zebrule See Also | human | individual | mortal | person | somebody | someone | soul Mestizo In Webster's Dictionary \Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl. {Mestizos}. [Sp. mestizo; akin to
OF. mestis, F. m['e]tis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr.
L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See {Mix}, and cf.
{Mestee}, {M['E]tif}, {M['E]tis}, {Mustee}.]
The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or
person of European stock. [Spanish America]
{Mestizo wool}, wool imported from South America, and
produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
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