mestiza

[ me-stee-zuh, mi- ]

noun

1. a woman of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed Indigenous and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed Indigenous and foreign descent. mestizo ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of mestiza¹

From Spanish

Example Sentences

Also the mustang mare which belongs to Adela Miranda—her own “Lolita”—and the mule set apart for the mestiza.

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The mestiza girls are, as a rule, often of wonderful beauty.

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Very seldom, indeed, does a native Indian or Mestiza beauty sport the same saya for two gala days consecutively.

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She is a mestiza, and thou art a child of the Church, though this following of gypsy wenches does not show it.

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But white wives being difficult to obtain, mestiza maidens had generally to be accepted, or rather, taken in their stead.

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