Mestee

Etymology
Usually from, from (Modern French ). Cognate with and Spanish. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from

Noun

 * 1) A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
 * 4) In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).

Adjective

 * 1) Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
 * 2) Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.

Related terms

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