fustees
fustees is the plural of fustee.
Meaning of fustee
Noun (1)
fustee (plural fustees)
- A person who is of 1/16 black ancestry, the child of a mustee and a white.
- The several removes from a black are as follows:—The mongrel, the offspring of a black and a mulatto; the mulatto, the offspring of a black and a white; the mustee, the offspring of a mulatto and a white; the fustee, the offspring of a mustee and a white; and the dustee, the offspring of a fustee...1844, unknown author, Antigua and the Antiguans, (Complete) a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants From the Time of the Caribs to the Present Day, →ISBN
Noun (2)
fustee (plural fustees)
- A caravel or other (Spanish) ship.
- Figueros, the ambassador, has been instructed to provide you with a fustee or caravel for your passage to Barcelona.
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The fustees going to Marseilles, and being admitted into that port, king Francis redeemed for 700 ducats the Muscovite ambassador now residing at the French court, whilst Moorish...1888, Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers, Relating to the Negotiations Between England and Spain, Preserved in the Archives at Simancas, Vienna, Brussels, and Elsewhere, pages 369 and...
- Figueros, the ambassador, has been instructed to provide you with a fustee or caravel for your passage to Barcelona.
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- Fustees is the plural of fustee.
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