ALL meanings of metis
mé·tis
M m - noun metis (chiefly, Canada, US) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized. 1
- noun plural metis any person of mixed ancestry. 1
- noun plural metis (initial capital letter) Canadian. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, especially one of French ancestry. 1
- noun metis person of mixed parentage 0
- noun metis a person of mixed parentage 0
- noun metis the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian 0
- noun metis a member or descendant of a group of such people, who established themselves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as a distinct political and cultural force during the 19th century 0
- noun metis a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon 0
- noun metis a person of mixed parentage; esp., in Canada, a person having one French Canadian parent and one American Indian parent 0