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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Spanish
Origin: mestizo 'mixed'

mestizo

noun
     
NEW! See related topics: NATIONALITY AND RACE
mes‧ti‧zo plural mestizos [countable]
SAN someone who has one Hispanic parent and one Native American parent
 
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