Mestizo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mestizo wool}, wool imported from South America, and
        produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mestizo
       n : a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European
           and Native American ancestry) [syn: {ladino}]
       [also: {mestizoes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "mestizo":
     Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed,
     griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow,
     hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, metis, metisse,
     mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mulatto, mule, mustee, octoroon,
     plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass,
     zebrule