metis

mé·tis  (m-ts, -t)

n. pl. métis (-ts, -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.

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[Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixtcius, mixed; see mestizo.]

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Noun

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Metis - a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world" mixed-blood - a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races