mes·ti·zo (m s-t  z )n. pl. mes·ti·zos or mes·ti·zoes A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. [Spanish, mixed, mestizo, from Old Spanish, mixed, from Late Latin mixt  cius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.] |
mestizo [mɛˈstiːzəʊ mɪ-]
n pl -zos, -zoes
(Social Science / Peoples) a person of mixed parentage, esp the offspring of a Spanish American and an American Indian
[from Spanish, ultimately from Latin miscēre to mix]
mestiza [mɛˈstiːzə] fem n
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| Noun | 1. |  mestizo - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 |
Translations
mestizo [mɪsˈtiːzəʊ] N (mestizos or mestizoes (pl)) (US) → mestizo/a m/f
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