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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
M'etis \M['e]`tis"\, n. m. M'etisse \M['e]`tisse"\, n. f.[F.;
akin to Sp mestizo. See {Mestizo}.]
1. The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
2. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an
octoroon. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
metis
n : (Canadian) a half-breed of white and Indian parentage
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