Métisse

[ mey-tees ]

noun,plural Mé·tisses [mey-tees, -tee-siz]. /meɪˈtis, -ˈti sɪz/.
  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.

Origin of Métisse

1
First recorded in 1890–95; from French; feminine of Métis
  • Also me·tisse (for defs. 2, 4) .

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