Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person of mixed racial ancestry.
- noun A person of mixed Native American and French-Canadian ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
mestizo . - noun In the Dominion of Canada, a half-breed of French and Indian parentage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
- Local, U. S. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixtīcius, mixed; see mestizo.]
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Examples
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While the French term métis initially referred to those with mixed European and First Nations ancestry, the term has come refer to descendants of a specific group in western Canada’s Red River region.
‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage Leyland Cecco 2024
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While the French term métis initially referred to those with mixed European and First Nations ancestry, the term has come refer to descendants of a specific group in western Canada’s Red River region.
‘One hell of a storm is coming’: Canadian graphic novel about Indigenous identity sparks outrage Leyland Cecco 2024
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