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
- : 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.
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