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mestiza

/me-stee-zuh, mi-/US // mɛˈsti zə, mɪ- //

混血儿,美斯提萨,混血人,混血

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign descent.

Examples

  • Also the mustang mare which belongs to Adela Miranda—her own “Lolita”—and the mule set apart for the mestiza.

  • The mestiza girls are, as a rule, often of wonderful beauty.

  • Very seldom, indeed, does a native Indian or Mestiza beauty sport the same saya for two gala days consecutively.

  • She is a mestiza, and thou art a child of the Church, though this following of gypsy wenches does not show it.

  • But white wives being difficult to obtain, mestiza maidens had generally to be accepted, or rather, taken in their stead.