/meɪˈtiː(s)/
OriginBorrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee.
- CanadaOne of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
- GreekA Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
- A satellite of Jupiter.
- 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.
- Canada, USA member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
“Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.”
- CanadaA person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.
“He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs ”
“Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."”
- A person of mixed-race ancestry.
- Canada, US, alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).
- USA person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
- uncountablePractical intelligence; street smarts.
- form-of, pluralplural of METI
- not-comparableOf mixed heritage
- not-comparableOf Métis heritage.
FormsMétis(alternative) · metis(alternative) · métis(alternative) · Metis(plural) · metis(plural) · métis(alternative, Canada)