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Mestee

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
  2. 2
    Synonym of mustee.
  3. 3
    A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.
  4. 4
    A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
  5. 5
    In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).

Etymology

Etymology 1

Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

Etymology 2

Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

Etymology 3

See mestizo and mustee.

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