metis

Meanings

Plural: metis

Noun

a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
A person of mixed-race ancestry.
Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).
A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
Practical intelligence; street smarts.

Adj

Of mixed heritage
Of Métis heritage.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish.

Scrabble Score: 7

metis is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
metis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 8

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