Meaning of MESTIZO
| Pronunciation: | | me'steezow
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
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| | See Also: | | human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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