Mestee

Mestee
1. noun
a) A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
b) A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and the Brass Ankles.
a) Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
b) Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
See Also: Mustee

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  • mestee — /me stee /, n. mustee. * * * mestee see mustee …   Useful english dictionary

  • mestee — /me stee /, n. mustee. * * * …   Universalium

  • mestee — /mɛsˈti/ (say mes tee) noun → mustee …  

  • mustee — Mestee Mes*tee , n. [See {Mestizo}.] The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; so called in the West Indies. [Written also {mustee}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Mameluco — Mestizen auf einem kolonialem Bild über die verschiedenen Kasten in Lateinamerika. De español e india, produce mestizo (Ein Spanier und eine Indianerin zeugen einen Mestizen). Der Begriff Mestize (Französisch: Métis, Portugiesisch: Mestiço,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mestize — Mestizen auf einem kolonialen Bild über die verschiedenen Kasten in Lateinamerika. De español e india, produce mestizo (Ein Spanier und eine Indianerin zeugen einen Mestizen). Der Begriff Mestize (Französisch: Métis, Portugiesisch: Mestiço,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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