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mé·tis       [mey-tees, -tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tis       [-tees, -teez] Pronunciation Key.
1.any person of mixed ancestry.
2.(initial capital letter) Canadian. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, esp. one of French ancestry.
Also, me·tis.

[Origin: 1810–20; < F, MF < LL mixtīcius of mixed blood]
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mé·tis       (mā-tēs', -tē')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. métis (-tēs', -tēz')
  1. A person of mixed racial ancestry.
  2. often Métis A person of mixed Native American and French-Canadian ancestry.
  3. A crossbred animal.


[Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixtīcius, mixed; see mestizo.]

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