metis

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Definition

noun a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry

Borrowed from French métis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Akin to mestizo, which came from Spanish. More at Metis.

[242] Before mentioned, relative to Jupiter and Metis. — Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon
On the birthday of Aphrodite there was a feast of the gods, at which the god Poros or Plenty, who is the son of Metis or Discretion, was one of the guests. — Symposium, Plato

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