sɪzAlso, me·tisse.
Origin:
1890–95; < French; feminine of métis
1890–95; < French; feminine of métis
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Métis (mɛˈtiːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -tis | |
| 1. | a person of mixed parentage |
| 2. | (Canadian) |
| a. the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian | |
| b. 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 | |
| 3. | (US) a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon |
| [C19: from French, from Vulgar Latin mixtīcius (unattested) of mixed race; compare | |
| Métisse | |
| —fem n | |
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