Definitions for mestizo
mɛˈsti zoʊmes·ti·zo

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mestizo, ladinonoun

   a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. mestizonoun

   A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Mestizonoun

   the offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock

2. Etymology: [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF. mestis, F. mtis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Mestee, Mtif, Mtis, Mustee.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mestizo

   Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Spain, and the Spanish-speaking Latin America to mean a person whose ancestors were both European and American Indians only. The term was used as a racial category in the Casta system that was in use during the Spanish empire's control of their American colonies. During the colonial period, mestizos quickly became the majority group in much of what is today the Spanish-speaking parts of Latin America, and when the colonies started achieving independence from Spain, the mestizo group often became dominant. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, the concept of the "mestizo" became central to the formation of a new independent identity that was neither wholly Spanish nor wholly indigenous and the word mestizo acquired its current double meaning of mixed cultural heritage and descent. In colonial Venezuela, Pardo was more commonly used instead of Mestizo. Pardo means being mixed without specifying which admixture; it was used to describe anyone born in the Americas whose ancestry was a mixture of European, South American Indian, and Negro. In the Spanish Colonial Casta system Mestizos, who formed the majority, had fewer rights than the minority elite European born persons called "Peninsulares", and the minority white colonial born whites "Criollo", but more rights than the now minority "Indios",Pardo, Negro and Mulatto populations.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mestizo

   mes-tē′zō, n. the offspring of a person of mixed Spanish and American Indian parentage, &c. [Sp.,—L. mixtus—miscēre, to mix.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MESTIZO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mestizo is ranked #93921 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mestizo surname appeared 195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mestizo.
   
   97.9% or 191 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Person

How to pronounce mestizo?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mestizo in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mestizo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mestizo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mestizo
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mestizo
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mestizo
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mestizo
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html