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mes·ti·zo 
[me-stee-zoh, mi-] Pronunciation Key
[me-stee-zoh, mi-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -zos, -zoes.
| a person of racially mixed ancestry, esp., in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European, usually Spanish or Portuguese, ancestry, or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign ancestry. |
[Origin: 1580–90; < Sp, n. use of adj. mestizo < VL *mixtīcius mixed]
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| mes·ti·zo
(měs-tē'zō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mes·ti·zos or mes·ti·zoes A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. [Spanish, mixed, mestizo, from Old Spanish, mixed, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mestizo
mestizo
c.1588, from Sp. mestizo "of mixed European and Amerindian parentage," from L.L. mixticius "mixed, mongrel," from L. mixtus "mixed," pp. of miscere "to mix, mingle" (see mix). Fem. form mestiza is attested from c.1582.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mestizo | |
noun | |
| a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mestizo
Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl. Mestizos. [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF. mestis, F. m['e]tis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Mestee, M['E]tif, M['E]tis, Mustee.] The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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