"mestizo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/, /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mestizo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mestizos [plural], mestizoes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|mestizo}} Spanish mestizo, {{der|en|LL.|mixticius}} Late Latin mixticius, {{der|en|la|mixtus||mixed}} Latin mixtus (“mixed”), {{doublet|en|metis}} Doublet of metis Head templates: {{en-noun|s|mestizoes}} mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)
  1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mestizo-en-noun-J6VpdRA4 Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 66 34
  2. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines. Tags: Philippines, historical
    Sense id: en-mestizo-en-noun-oGK96L1p Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mestizo wool Related terms: Metis, metis, mulatto, mestiz, mestize, mustee, mustees Translations (a person of mixed ancestry): մետիս (metis) (Armenian), метис (metis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mestís (Catalan), mestizo (Esperanto), métis [masculine] (French), métisse [feminine] (French), Mestize [masculine] (German), Mestizin [feminine] (German), caboclo [masculine] (Portuguese), cabocla [feminine] (Portuguese), mestiço (Portuguese), mestizo [masculine] (Spanish), mestiza [feminine] (Spanish), mestis [common-gender] (Swedish), melez (Turkish), kırma (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'a person of mixed ancestry': 53 47

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