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mestizo |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mestizo \Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl {Mestizos}. [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF mestis, F. m['e]tis; all fr (assumed) LL mixtitius fr L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See {Mix}, and cf {Mestee}, {M['E]tif}, {M['E]tis}, {Mustee}.] The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] {Mestizo wool}, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
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