mestizo
[ me-stee-zoh, mi- ]
/ mɛˈsti zoʊ, mɪ- /
noun, plural mes·ti·zos, mes·ti·zoes.
a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign descent.
Origin of mestizo
1580–90; < Spanish, noun use of adj.
mestizo < Vulgar Latin
*mixtīcius mixed
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British Dictionary definitions for mestizo
mestizo
/ (mɛˈstiːzəʊ, mɪ-) /
noun plural -zos or -zoes
a person of mixed parentage, esp the offspring of a Spanish American and an American Indian
Derived forms of mestizo
mestiza (mɛˈstiːzə), fem nWord Origin for mestizo
C16: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin
miscēre to mix