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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Other Word Forms of Mestizo

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

Mestizo Sentence Examples

  • The population includes large Indian and mestizo elements.

  • The comparative advantage of the Mexican telenovela over Philippine television drama is the markedly mestizo features of its actors and actresses.

  • A Sinaloan company will probably have a few danza and mestizo style numbers, but it will also most likely show quite a few bailes from Sinaloa.

  • Mestizo is the word for the dances that show a heavy Western influence.

  • The tendency is for the mestizo who dwells in Indian communities to revert to the Indian type, and it is probable that the larger estimate is nearer the truth.

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Words Starting With

MMEMES

Words Ending With

OZOIZO

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Words Starting With M and Ending With O

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