mé·tis (m -t s , -t)n. pl. métis (-t s, -tz) 1. A person of mixed racial ancestry. 2. often Métis A person of mixed Native American and French-Canadian ancestry. 3. A crossbred animal. [Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixt  cius, mixed; see mestizo.] |
Métis [mɛˈtiːs]
n pl -tis [-ˈtiːs -ˈtiːz]
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a person of mixed parentage
2. (Social Science / Peoples) Canadian
a. the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian
b. a member or descendant of a group of such people, who established themselves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as a distinct political and cultural force during the nineteenth century
3. (Social Science / Peoples) US a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon
[from French, from Vulgar Latin mixtīcius (unattested) of mixed race; compare mestizo]
Métisse [mɛˈtiːs] fem n
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