mestee meaning: definition, etymology

Mestee

adjalso spelled Mestee

Etymology Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

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: Mustee, Africans and Native Americans

mestee

noun

Etymology See mestizo and mustee.

1

Synonym of mustee.

Coordinate terms: list in mulatto

Mestee

noun

Etymology Usually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)

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).