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• Métis
  Métis

  noun

  a person of mixed First Nations and European ancestry: a member of the Métis Nation, recognized constitutionally as one of Canada’s rights-bearing Indigenous peoples.
• Metis
  Metis

  noun

  a Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.

Métis

¹ American  

[mey-tee, -tees, mey-tee] / meɪˈti, -ˈtis, ˈmeɪ ti /

Also metis

noun

• Métis
  plural

1. Canadian. a person of mixed First Nations and European ancestry: a member of the Métis Nation, recognized constitutionally as one of Canada’s rights-bearing Indigenous peoples.

2. métis, any person of mixed racial ancestry.

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adjective

1. Canadian. belonging or relating to the Métis.

   Métis communities developed along the fur trade routes.

2. métis, being of mixed racial ancestry.

Metis ² American  

[mee-tis] / ˈmi tɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.

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Métis British  

/ mɛˈtiːs, mɛˈtiːs /

noun

1. a person of mixed parentage

2. 1. the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian

   2. a member or descendant of a group of such people, who established themselves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as a distinct political and cultural force during the nineteenth century

3. a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Métisse
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Métis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Métis

First recorded in 1810–20; from French, Middle French, from Late Latin mixtīcius “of mixed blood”

Example Sentences

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Métis Metis

For American consumers, the prices of popular Louis Vuitton entry-level handbags, such as the Neverfull GM and the Pochette Métis, are up 50% since 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The site is located on the traditional lands of the Sahtú Dene and Métis.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Massoud also pauses at a monument to Louis Riel, a 19th-century Canadian revolutionary of Franco-Chipewyan Métis descent, who was executed in 1885 for leading an Indigenous rebellion for civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

Mr Ambrose has connected with his biological relatives, and has become a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024

Everyone in the house was Métis, but Berlin’s roommates insisted on saying Navajo tacos because their stepdad was Diné, while Simon, the undisputed star of language camp, argued NDN was fairest.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

That would add to a recent wave of Chinese healthcare and biotech listings in Hong Kong, including by Metis TechBio and Insilico Medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

On Thursday, Carney he will sit down with First Nations leaders and later this month with Inuit and Metis groups.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025

Representatives for Armanino and Prager Metis did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023

“Using the term ‘gift’ just covers up the whole history,” said Bell, who is of Metis ancestry and is completing a book about the 1925 expo.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

I was nicknamed Frenchie as much for my name as for my people—the Metis.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline