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

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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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