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mustee
mus·tee
/
mʌˈsti, ˈmʌs
ti
/
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[
muh-
stee
,
muhs
-tee
]
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noun
1.
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
2.
a half-breed.
Origin:
1690–1700;
short variant of
mestizo
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mustee
or
mestee
(mʌˈstiː, ˈmʌstiː, mɛˈstiː)
—
n
1.
the offspring of a White person and a quadroon
2.
any person of mixed ancestry
[C17: shortened from
mestizo
]
mestee
or
mestee
—
n
[C17: shortened from
mestizo
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Mustee
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So is
gobo
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doohickey
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ort
. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mustee
"octoroon," also "half-caste," 1699, a corruption of Sp.
mestizo
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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