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mestizo
[ me-stee-zoh, mi- ]
noun
- a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent. mestiza ( def ).
mestizo
/ mɛˈstiːzə; mɛˈstiːzəʊ; mɪ- /
noun
- a person of mixed parentage, esp the offspring of a Spanish American and an American Indian
Derived Forms
- mestiza, noun:feminine
Word History and Origins
Origin of mestizo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mestizo1
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Example Sentences
He was the son of a Spanish captain and a palla — a member of Incan royalty — making him mestizo.
“We have contaminated things par excellence, and only by accepting mixture do we become ourselves and our own. There’s not a single sci-fi concept we haven’t taken and adapted to our context, turned mestizo.”
Her mother asked how she could prefer “Latinx” to “Mexican” or “mestizo” — used in Latin America to describe someone of mixed Indigenous and European descent.
Underneath it, he would write-in “mestizo” to describe his Mexican American heritage.
The largely indigenous region has for centuries been at odds with the more mestizo and whiter capital, which long dominated national politics.
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