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Meanings of mestiza in English

Russian
метис
Portuguese
mestiça
Spanish
mestizos
Catalan
mestissos

A person of combined European and Indigenous American descent.

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метис
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Usage of mestiza in English
1
From the spot where she lay the mestiza witnessed their greeting.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
2
It was not Francisco, but Juanita, the little mestiza.
On the Frontier
3
The mestiza glances towards her mistress for instructions.
The Lone Ranche
4
Let the mestiza burn if she likes.
On the Frontier
5
This the mestiza saw, and it compelled her to pause and reflect how she was to get nearer.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
6
But these have been only interludes, "trifling love scrapes." His present affair with the little mestiza is different.
The Lone Ranche
7
Whatever truth there was in the last part of her harangue, the mestiza knew that its earlier declarations were true enough.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
8
He was married to Jacinta Rafaela, a Chinese mestiza of the Parian, as soon after his baptism as the banns could be published.
Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot
9
The mestiza remembered the bridge, and knew that her mistress carried the key of the wicket, and often used it both by day and night.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
10
She once had a strip of skin cut out of a mestiza maiden's back, to see whether it was the same color on both sides.
Mr. Fortescue / An Andean Romance
11
Oh, for one of Mestiza Bill's tinkley old tunes on the piano in the Blue Chip!
The Fifth Ace
12
"Mestiza," suggested Mr. Brooks; "a half-breed or mongrel."
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
13
"It is the Americano, Senor Cranch, and his adopted daughter, the mestiza Juanita, seeking your reverence, methinks."
On the Frontier
14
"She is a mestiza, and thou art a child of the Church, though this following of gypsy wenches does not show it."
On the Frontier
15
From the spot where she lay the mestiza witnessed their greeting.
The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
16
It was not Francisco, but Juanita, the little mestiza.
On the Frontier
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Translations for mestiza
Mestiza through the time