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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?
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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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