mestizo
noun/meˈstiːzəʊ/
/meˈstiːzəʊ/
(plural mestizos)
- a Latin American who has both Spanish and indigenous (= coming originally from a place) ancestorsWord OriginSpanish, ‘mixed’, based on Latin mixtus.
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