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mestizo

mes·tizo

UK/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/ US/mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.

Phrases

  • Chinese mestizo
  • Mestizo de Español
  • Mestizo de Sangley
  • mestizo wool
  • Spanish mestizo

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