mestizos
- plural of mestizo.
Example Sentences
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They embraced the nation’s foundational myth that its people are mestizos, a single blended race of indigenous and Spanish blood, insisting that there could be no prejudice if all Mexicans were the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The Hoja Blanca station is also responsible for six other communities, made up of mestizos, Indigenous Chachis, and Afro-Ecuadorians — about 3,000 people in total.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2022
The Hoja Blanca station is also responsible for six other communities, made up of mestizos, Indigenous Chachis, and Afro-Ecuadorians—about 3,000 people in total.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2022
The race of mestizos, a mix of white and Indigenous, is something that allows people to talk about citizenship without naming it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
So the two groups exist in separate realms—the mestizos in theirs and the middle-class indigenas in theirs—and rarely do they mix.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
