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noun
A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, historical
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noun
a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ladino
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
