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Meaning of mustee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
mʌˈstiː

Definitions

A person of one-eighth African ancestry.

archaic

Examples

“a mulatto is the offspring of a white man by a negress; a quadroon is the offspring of a white man and a mulatto mother; the child of a quadroon by a white man is a mustee; the child of a white man by a mustee woman is a mustiphini;”
“Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee, for not performing her task.”

CEFR level

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