Métisse

[ mey-tees ]

/ meɪˈtis /

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noun, plural Mé·tisses

[mey-tees, -tee-siz]. /meɪˈtis, -ˈti sɪz/.

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.

métisse, any woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry.

adjective

Canadian. being a Métisse.

métisse, being a woman or girl of mixed racial ancestry: She is métisse, the child of a French man and a Congolese woman.

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