mestizo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- mixed adj Made up of different types or elements combined together.
Senses
mestizo is used for these senses in English:
- half-breed (of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits
- 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 Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- mixed-race (of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races.
mixed — full definition
- adj Made up of different types or elements combined together.
- adj Involving both genders together.
- adj Having parentage or ancestry from more than one racial or ethnic background.