métis
métis
Definition
mé·tis (mā tēs′, -tē′)
noun pl. -·tis′
a person of mixed parentage; esp., in Canada, a person having one French Canadian parent and one American Indian parent
Etymology: Fr < LL(Ec) misticius, of mixed race, born of parents of different nations: present sense in Fr infl. by Sp mestizo: see mestizo
Browse dictionary entries near métis
- métier
- mésalliance
- Mérimée
- Mérida
- ménage à trois
- ménage
- mélange (French)
- mélange
- Méjico
- Médoc
- Mílos
- m.o.
- Möbius strip
- Mönchen-Gladbach
- Mössbauer
- Mössbauer effect
- Móstoles
- m-
- m'sieur
- -'m
