Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
M'etis \M['e]`tis"\, n. m. M'etisse \M['e]`tisse"\, n. f.[F.;
akin to Sp. mestizo. See Mestizo.]
1. The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
[1913 Webster]
2. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an
octoroon. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Metis
n 1: a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American
Indian ancestry