mestee
mestee noun: synonym of mustee.
Noun (1)
mestee (plural mestees)
Noun (2) capitalized: Mestee
Mestee (plural Mestees)
- A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
- 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 a person referred to as a brass ankle.
- A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
- In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
Adjective capitalized: Mestee
Mestee (not comparable)
- Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
- Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
Synonyms of mestee
Forms of mestee
| plural | mestees |
|---|---|
| plural | Mestees |
Origin of mestee
See mestizo and mustee.
Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)
Questions about mestee
- What does mestee mean?
- Mestee means synonym of mustee.
- What part of speech is mestee?
- Mestee can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of mestee?
- The plural of mestee is mestees.
Words near mestee in the dictionary
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