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mestizo definition

mes·tizo (me stē′zō)

noun pl. mestizos -·zos or mestizoes -·zoes

a person of mixed parentage; esp., in the W U.S. and in Latin American countries, a person having one Spanish or Portuguese parent and one American Indian parent

Etymology: Sp < LL(Ec) misticius, of mixed race (transl. of Gr symmiktos, commingled) < pp. of L miscere, mix

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