MESTIZO

Mestizo

Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America to mean a person of combined European and Amerindian descent. The term was used as a racial category in the Casta system that was in use during the Spanish empire's control of their American colonies.

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mestizo

Noun

  1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.


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