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mestizo
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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.

[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.]

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mestizo - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)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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She argues that the ethnic narratives of the upper classes support mestizaje as a guard against the political and social mobilization both of non-mestizo ethnic groups and of other mestizos.
Known as mestizos, braceros, wetbacks, and spics, the Mexicans who came to Chicago in the 1920s and '30s searching for prosperity and independence found prejudice and poverty.
Registros de poblacion indican que los negros al igual que los indios, mestizos y mulatos, tambien trabajaban en haciendas; lo curioso del caso es que en varias haciendas, solo un grupo etnico u otro dominaban en la fuerza laboral.
 
 
 
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