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| Me·tis [ may t, may tss ] (plural Me·tis [ may tz ]) |
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Canadian of mixed descent: in Canada, somebody of mixed aboriginal and European, especially French-Canadian, descent who is now defined by the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982 as an aboriginal person
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| [Early 19th century. < Canadian French métis< Latin mixtus (see mestizo)] |
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