metis.
A person of mixed-race ancestry.
Meaning & usage
A person of mixed-race ancestry.
Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).
A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis.
Of mixed heritage
Of Métis heritage.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis.
Practical intelligence; street smarts.
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis).
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