MESTIZO (mestizoes)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: mestizoes

Dictionary entry overview: What does mestizo mean?

• MESTIZO (noun)
The noun MESTIZO has 1 sense:

1. a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

Familiarity information: MESTIZO used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MESTIZO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mestizo" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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