Métisse

[ mey-tees ]

noun

, plural Mé·tisses [mey-, tees, -, tee, -siz].

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

   Sara Riel's linguistic talents and her status as a Métisse made her welcome among the Gray Nuns of the 19th century.

2. métisse, any woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry.

adjective

1. Canadian. being a Métisse.
2. métisse, being a woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry:

   She is métisse, the child of a French man and a Congolese woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Métisse¹

First recorded in 1890–95; from French; feminine of Métis ( def )