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métis

 
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n., pl., métis (-tēs', -tēz').
  1. A person of mixed racial ancestry.
  2. often Métis A person of mixed Native American and French-Canadian ancestry.
  3. A crossbred animal.

[Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixtīcius, mixed. See mestizo.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (Canadian) a half-breed of white and Indian parentage

 
 
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