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Metis

name
/meɪˈtiː//ˈmiːtɪs/

Etymology

Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee.

  1. derived from mixtus
  2. derived from mixticius
  3. borrowed from métis

Definitions

  1. One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree,…

    One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.

  2. A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.

    • Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.

  3. A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.

    • He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs are a Negro and an Indian: […]
    • Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother…

      A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena

    2. A satellite of Jupiter.

    3. 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.

    4. A person of mixed-race ancestry.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal…

      Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).

    6. A person of one-eighth black ancestry

      A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

    7. Of mixed heritage

    8. Of Métis heritage.

    9. Practical intelligence

      Practical intelligence; street smarts.

    10. plural of METI

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA