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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.