1. A half.
2. A part, portion, or share.
3. Anthropology. Either of two kinship groups based on unilateral descent that together make up a tribe or society.

[Middle English moite, from Old French meitiet, moitie, from Late Latin medietās, from Latin, middle, from medius, middle.]

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