mustee
[ muh-stee, muhs-tee ]
noun
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
a half-breed.
Origin of mustee
1First recorded in 1690–1700; short variant of mestizo
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How to use mustee in a sentence
A gentleman of this island, as I have been made to understand, had a female mustee slave belonging to him.
Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) | AnonymousYou wantee me tellee lat ley mustee gittee velly muchee money, and len you lettee Young Wild West go?
Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" | An Old Scout
British Dictionary definitions for mustee
mustee
mestee (mɛˈstiː)
/ (mʌˈstiː, ˈmʌstiː) /
noun
the offspring of a White person and a quadroon
any person of mixed ancestry
Origin of mustee
1C17: shortened from mestizo
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