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Word: mestee
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
- Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
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Noun:
- A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their Melungeons and the Brass Ankles.
- A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
- A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
- In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
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