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Meaning of mestize | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/mɛsˈtiːz/

Definitions

Archaic or gender-neutral form of mestizo.

alt-of, archaic, gender-neutral

Examples

“A light complexion is accompanied with to a Terceron, who is called by some a red or fair hair, a dark one with black hair, Morisco, or Mestize.”
“A Mestize therefore in our islands is, I suppose, the Quinteron of the Spaniards.”
“A Black Hamite and a Zamba - A White Man and a Mulatto – An Asiatic Indian and a European - American Mestize and a European Carribean and Zambi - Mestize and a Native American - Mulatto and a Carribean - Terceroon and a White Man […]”
“Nonetheless, the concept of a 'mestize' being one-half American, one-fourth European, and one-fourth African was probably not borrowed from Spanish usage. It may reflect the fact that Americans in Jamaica were[…]”
“Indigenous cultural differences were erased within a Mexican identity defined by the mixed bloodline of Spanish and Indian mestizaje that praised the eventual blanqueamiento of the mestize race.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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