mustee
/mʌˈstiː/US/məˈsti/
mustee noun: a person of one-eighth African ancestry.
Noun
mustee (plural mustees)
- A person of one-eighth African ancestry.
- a mulatto is the offspring of a white man by a negress; a quadroon is the offspring of a white man and a mulatto mother; the child of a quadroon by a white man is a mustee; the child of a white man by a mustee woman is a mustiphini;1833 Frederic William Naylor Bayley Four Years' Residence in the West Indies p. 493
- Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee, for not performing her task.1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
Synonyms of mustee
Forms of mustee
| plural | mustees |
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Origin of mustee
From mestizo (noun).
Words formed from mustee
Questions about mustee
- What does mustee mean?
- Mustee means a person of one-eighth African ancestry.
- What part of speech is mustee?
- Mustee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mustee?
- Mustee is pronounced /mʌˈstiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mustee?
- The plural of mustee is mustees.
Words near mustee in the dictionary
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