mestizo

mes·ti·zo  (ms-tz)

n. pl. mes·ti·zos or mes·ti·zoes

A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

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[Spanish, mixed, mestizo, from Old Spanish, mixed, from Late Latin mixtcius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mestizo - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) ladino 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