Mestee英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

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

形容词 adj.

Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture. not-comparable
Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry. not-comparable

词形变化

Mestees plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

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”)

词源 2

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”)