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Definition of Métis noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Métis

noun

NAmE//meɪˈti//

, NAmE//meɪˈtis//

(pl. Métis

NAmE//meɪˈti//

, NAmE//meɪˈtis//

, NAmE//meɪˈtiz//

) (Canadian English)

(especially in Canada) a person whose family comes from both Aboriginal and European backgrounds

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