metis

alternative Canada métis

1. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
2. CanadaUSAlternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).
3. USA person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

alternative Canada métis

1. not comparableOf mixed heritage
2. not comparableOf Métis heritage.

1. uncountableknowledge managementPractical intelligence; street smarts.

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1. CanadaOne of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.

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1. CanadaUSA member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.

   Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.

   2003, Joan Beam, Barbara Branstad, The Native American in Long Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography : Supplement, 1995-2002, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press

2. CanadaA person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.

   Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."

   1991, Thomas C. Pocklington, University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center, The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements, University of Regina Press, page 14

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   He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs are a Negro and an Indian: […]

   1912, Eugène Sue, Works of Eugène Sue: The wandering Jew, page 161

   Synonyms: Bois Brule, Bois Brulé, coloured, country born, mixed-blood, half-breed

1. Greekhuman sciencesA Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
2. astronomyA satellite of Jupiter.
3. astronomy9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.

1. pluralplural of METI