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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.