mestee

mestee · noun¹

See mestizo and mustee.

Mestee · noun, adjective²

1. Old French · derived frommestif“mongrel”
2. Latin · derived frommixtus
3. Middle French · derived frommestis“a person of mixed race”
4. English todayMestee

Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

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