- mestizoes
- mes·ti·zo || me'stiËzəʊ n. person of mixed racial background (in Spain or Mexico)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
mestizoes
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mestizo — /mɛsˈtizoʊ/ (say mes teezoh) noun (plural mestizos or mestizoes) a person of mixed ancestry, as 1. , mestizoes) (in Latin America) someone who has European, especially Spanish and Portuguese, and Native American ancestry. 2. , mestizoes) (in the… …
mestizo — /me stee zoh, mi /, n., pl. mestizos, mestizoes. a person of racially mixed ancestry, esp., in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European, usually Spanish or Portuguese, ancestry, or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign… … Universalium
mestizo — [me stē′zō] n. pl. mestizos or mestizoes [Sp < LL(Ec) misticius, of mixed race (transl. of Gr symmiktos, commingled) < pp. of L miscere,MIX] a person of mixed parentage; esp., in the W U.S. and in Latin American countries, a person having… … English World dictionary
