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5 lettersPronunciation /meɪˈtiː/Sorted eimstStarts with MEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

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

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