mestizo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
    ladino.

WordNet

Mes*ti"zo noun
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
plural Mestizos
Definitions
  1. The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. Spanish America

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