[me-stee-zuh, mi-] 
| a woman of racially mixed ancestry, esp., in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European ancestry or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign ancestry. |
| mes·ti·za (měs-tē'zə) n. A woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. [Spanish, feminine of mestizo; see mestizo.] |
