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Mestizo

Mestizo Meaning & Definition
Mestizo Definition And Meaning

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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