métis

(mā tēs′, -tē′)

noun pl.

a person of mixed parentage; esp., in Canada, a person having one French Canadian parent and one American Indian parent

Origin: Fr < LL(Ec) misticius, of mixed race, born of parents of different nations: present sense in Fr infl. by Sp mestizo: see mestizo

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