métisse


mé•tisse

or me•tisse

(meɪˈtis)

n., pl. -tisses (-ˈtis, -ˈti sɪz) 1. a woman of mixed ancestry. 2. (cap.) (in Canada) a woman of white, esp. French, and American Indian parentage. [1890–95; < French, feminine of métis métis]