Definition of MESTIZO

mestizo

Meanings

Plural: mestizoes, mestizos

Noun

  • a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
  • A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.

Synonyms

ladino

Scrabble Score: 18

mestizo is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mestizo is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mestizo is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

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