Mestizo Definition

mĕs-tēzō
mestizoes, mestizos
noun
mestizos
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.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
mestizo
Plural:
mestizoes, mestizos

Origin of Mestizo

  • Spanish mixed, mestizo from Old Spanish mixed from Late Latin mixtīcius from Latin mixtus past participle of miscēre to mix meik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish, based on Latin mixtus.

    From Wiktionary

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