"Mestee" meaning in All languages combined

See Mestee on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis). Cognate with metis and Spanish mestizo. 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”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|mestis||a person of mixed race}} Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), {{der|en|la|mixtus|}} Latin mixtus, {{m|fr|métis|}} métis, {{m|en|metis}} metis, {{m|es|mestizo|}} mestizo, {{uder|en|fro|mestif||mongrel}} Old French mestif (“mongrel”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Mestee (not comparable)
  1. Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-adj-aGTpaRPk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 23 21 2 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 21 20 22 2 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 20 16 22 3 27 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 24 23 24 22 4 4
  2. Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-adj-kYBoqfXa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 23 21 2 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 21 20 22 2 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 20 16 22 3 27 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 24 23 24 22 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Mustee (english: possible variant spelling), Africans and Native Americans

Noun [English]

Forms: Mestees [plural]
Etymology: Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis). Cognate with metis and Spanish mestizo. 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”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|mestis||a person of mixed race}} Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), {{der|en|la|mixtus|}} Latin mixtus, {{m|fr|métis|}} métis, {{m|en|metis}} metis, {{m|es|mestizo|}} mestizo, {{uder|en|fro|mestif||mongrel}} Old French mestif (“mongrel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mestee (plural Mestees)
  1. A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-noun-3Fx1OKxP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 23 21 2 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 21 20 22 2 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 20 16 22 3 27 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 24 23 24 22 4 4
  2. A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-noun-kjLSE0Pt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 23 21 2 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 21 20 22 2 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 20 16 22 3 27 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 24 23 24 22 4 4
  3. A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-noun-XhqtntyL
  4. In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-noun-pOWody5n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 23 21 2 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 21 20 22 2 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 20 16 22 3 27

Inflected forms

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