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metis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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