metis
NounUS[met-is]/ˈmɛtɪs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestryType of mixed-blood
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mé′tis′ n. m. Mé′tisse′ n. f.
Origin: F.; akin to Sp. mestizo. See Mestizo.
1. The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
2. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon. regional (US) John Russell. Bartlett
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54