métissé — meaning in English
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English meaning
- mongrel noun A dog (or other creature) of mixed or uncertain breed.
Senses
métissé is used for these senses in English:
- half-breed (dated, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).
- mestizo (Philippines, historical) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.
- metis Of mixed heritage
- mixed-race (of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.
- mongrel (often, pejorative) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
mongrel — full definition
- noun A dog (or other creature) of mixed or uncertain breed.
- adj Made up of a mixture of breeds, types, or origins.