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mustees

mustees is the plural of mustee.

mustees is the alternative form of mustee.

Meaning of mustee

Noun

mustee (plural mustees)

  1. (archaic) 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
    Synonyms:
    octaroon, octoroon

Forms of mustees

pluralmusteeses

Questions about mustees

What is mustees the plural of?
Mustees is the plural of mustee.

Words near mustees in the dictionary

  1. musted
  2. mustee
  3. musteefino
  4. musteefinoes
  5. musteefinos
  6. mustees
  7. musteeses
  8. mustela
  9. mustelas
  10. mustelid
  11. mustelids

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