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Metis.

One 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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name/meɪˈtiː/usually/meɪˈtiːs/rare

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

    Canada
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee.

noun/meɪˈtiː/usually/meɪˈtiːs/rare

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

    Canada · US

  2. A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.

    Canada
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee.

name/ˈmiːtɪs/

  1. A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena

    Greek

  2. A satellite of Jupiter.

  3. 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek Μῆτις (Mêtis) from Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “wisdom”).

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