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MESTEE
Etymology
Noun
Mestee (plural Mestees)
A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and the Brass Ankles.
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).
Adjective
Mestee (not comparable)
Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
Anagrams
• esteem
Etymology
Noun
mestee (plural mestees)
synonym of mustee.
Coordinate terms
• (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto
Anagrams
• esteem
Source: Wiktionary
Mes*tee", n. Etym: [See Mestizo.]
Definition: The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [Written also mustee.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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