"Mestee" meaning in English

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Adjective

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, {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{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): Multiracial 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 Related terms: Mustee (english: possible variant spelling), Africans and Native Americans
    Sense id: en-Mestee-en-adj-kYBoqfXa Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 24 23 24 22 4 4

Noun

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, {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{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): Multiracial 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): Multiracial 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

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