specifically: a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry compare mestiza
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFor him, that means shows that feature largely white Mexican casts, although Mexico’s population is mostly mixed-race mestizo.Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021 Although increasing numbers of Bolivians identify as mestizo, the population remains heavily indigenous, and the community’s partisans are not easily intimidated. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020 Young men from Ecuador’s indigenous minority and mixed race, or mestizo, majority, milled about on streets under the watch of police and a few dozen soldiers.San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019 Latinos in other southwestern states often identify as Mexican American or mestizo, a mixture of Spanish and Native American ancestry.Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019 The model has relatively little application elsewhere in Mexico, where the vast majority of the population is of mestizo, or mixed-race, origins. Patrick J. Mcdonnell, latimes.com, 10 July 2017 Even though some of the country’s most iconic freedom fighters and early politicians had African roots, their accomplishments fed a celebration of the broader mestizo culture. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 June 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from mestizo, adjective, "mixed," from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre "to mix" — more at mix