Mes-tĭ'no or Mes-tĭ'zo, n.

(mes-tē'no), { n. [Sp. mestizo, Pr. & O. Mes-tĭ'zo (mes-tē'zo), } Fr. mestiz, N. Fr. métis, from Lat. mixtus, mixed, p. p. of miscēre, to mix.] The child of a Spaniard or creole and a native Indian;—so called in Spanish America.