English Dictionary: mestizo | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mestizo \Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl. {Mestizos}. [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF. mestis, F. m[82]tis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See {Mix}, and cf. {Mestee}, {M[90]tif}, {M[90]tis}, {Mustee}.] The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] {Mestizo wool}, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep. |