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[syn: mestizo, ladino]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mestizo \Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl. Mestizos. [Sp. mestizo; akin to
OF. mestis, F. m['e]tis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr.
L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf.
Mestee, M['e]tif, M['e]tis, Mustee.]
The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or
person of European stock. [Spanish America]
[1913 Webster]
Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and
produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mestizo
n 1: a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed
European and Native American ancestry) [syn: mestizo,
ladino]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "mestizo":
Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed,
griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow,
hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, metis, metisse,
mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mulatto, mule, mustee, octoroon,
plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass,
zebrule