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M'etis

M'etis \M['e]`tis"\, n. m. M'etisse \M['e]`tisse"\, n. f.[F.; akin to Sp. mestizo. See Mestizo.]

  1. The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.

  2. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon. [Local, U. S.]
    --Bartlett.