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Métis
1[ Canadian mey-tee; mey-tee, -tees ]
noun
, plural Mé·tis [mey, -tee, mey, -teez, mey-, tee, -, teez].
- Canadian. a person of mixed First Nations and European ancestry: a member of the Métis Nation, recognized constitutionally as one of Canada’s rights-bearing Indigenous peoples.
- métis, any person of mixed racial ancestry.
adjective
- Canadian. belonging or relating to the Métis:
Métis communities developed along the fur trade routes.
- métis, being of mixed racial ancestry.
Metis
2[ mee-tis ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.
Métis
/ mɛˈtiːs; mɛˈtiːs /
noun
- a person of mixed parentage
- the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian
- a member or descendant of a group of such people, who established themselves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as a distinct political and cultural force during the nineteenth century
- a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon
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Derived Forms
- Métisse, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Métis1
First recorded in 1810–20; from French, Middle French, from Late Latin mixtīcius “of mixed blood”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Métis1
C19: from French, from Vulgar Latin mixtīcius (unattested) of mixed race; compare mestizo
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Example Sentences
I had recognised the voice of a Métis, whose good feelings on my behalf were beyond doubt.
From Project Gutenberg
About his waist went a sash of scarlet, such as is worn by the Northwest métis.
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