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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)

  1. 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)

  1. Of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
  2. also of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent

Noun

mestizo m (plural mestizos, feminine mestiza)

  1. A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
  2. A person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent

Synonyms

  • (person of mixed caucasoid and Amerindian descent who lives in the Americas): ladino, cholo
  • (person of mixed Caucasoid and Amerindian descent who lives in Spain): Panchito and Sudaca - used in a derogatory and discrimitory way instead of Latino.