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Métisse

[ mey-tees ]

noun

, plural Mé·tisses [mey-, tees, -, tee, -siz].
  1. Canadian. a woman or girl of mixed First Nations and European ancestry: a member of the Métis Nation, recognized constitutionally as one of Canada’s rights-bearing Indigenous peoples:

    Sara Riel's linguistic talents and her status as a Métisse made her welcome among the Gray Nuns of the 19th century.

  2. métisse, any woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry.

adjective

  1. Canadian. being a Métisse.
  2. métisse, being a woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry:

    She is métisse, the child of a French man and a Congolese woman.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Métisse1

First recorded in 1890–95; from French; feminine of Métis ( def )

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