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Webster 1913 Edition


Metisse

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Méˊtis′

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Noun.
m.

Méˊtisse′

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Noun.
f.
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[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.