SINCE 1828
métis
noun
mé·tis
| \ mā-ˈtē(s)
\
\
plural métis\ mā-ˈtē(s)
, -ˈtēz \
, -ˈtēz \
Definition of métis
: a person of mixed blood
especially,
often capitalized
: the offspring of an American Indian and a person of European ancestry
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