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Webster 1913 Edition
Mestizo
Mes-ti′zo
,Noun.
pl.
Mestizos
(#)
. [Sp.
mestizo
; akin to OF. mestis
, F. métis
; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius
, fr. L. mixtus
mixed, p. p. of miscere
to mix. See Mix
, and cf. Mestee
, Métif
, Métis
, 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.
Definition 2024
mestizo
mestizo
English
Noun
mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)
- A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
See also
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin mixticĭus, from Latin mixtus. Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iso
Adjective
mestizo m (feminine singular mestiza, masculine plural mestizos, feminine plural mestizas)
- Of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
- also of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent
Noun
mestizo m (plural mestizos, feminine mestiza)
- A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
- A person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
Synonyms
- (person of mixed Caucasoid and Amerindian descent who lives in Spain): Panchito and Sudaca - used in a derogatory and discrimitory way instead of Latino.