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mustee
[ muh-stee, muhs-tee ]
/ mʌˈsti, ˈmʌs ti /
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noun
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
a half-breed.
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Origin of mustee
First recorded in 1690–1700; short variant of mestizo
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How to use mustee in a sentence
A gentleman of this island, as I have been made to understand, had a female mustee slave belonging to him.
You wantee me tellee lat ley mustee gittee velly muchee money, and len you lettee Young Wild West go?
Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass"|An Old Scout
British Dictionary definitions for mustee
mustee
mestee (mɛˈstiː)
/ (mʌˈstiː, ˈmʌstiː) /
noun
the offspring of a White person and a quadroon
any person of mixed ancestry
Word Origin for mustee
C17: shortened from mestizo
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