Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Feminine of mestizo.
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- noun A
female mestizo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name mestiza is not inappropriate, as well from its composition as its use, since the first two are distinctly native, antedating the conquest, while the saya suelta was no doubt introduced by the Spaniards.
The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878
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María Lionza is known as the mestiza goddess of nature, love, peace and harmony.
In History: María Lionza from Venezuela « Gender Across Borders 2009
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Years later we presented our final choice -- an image of two mestiza women at the turn of the twentieth century -- and were complimented by a young scholar who thought we were portraying two lesbians.
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011
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Latino is when my Chicana colleague and I invited a group of women to suggest a cover photo of a typical Latina and they responded with a number of possible images including an Afro-Latina, an Indigenous-Latina, a European-Latina, a mestiza, and a mulata.
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011
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Years later we presented our final choice -- an image of two mestiza women at the turn of the twentieth century -- and were complimented by a young scholar who thought we were portraying two lesbians.
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011
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Latino is when my Chicana colleague and I invited a group of women to suggest a cover photo of a typical Latina and they responded with a number of possible images including an Afro-Latina, an Indigenous-Latina, a European-Latina, a mestiza, and a mulata.
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: On Being Latino With a New York Accent Virginia Sanchez-Korrol 2011
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And MARIA MANUELA SAUZEDA, a mestiza of the Post of Animas in this jurisdiction and resident of Ranch of San Jose de Sitio, legitimate daughter of Francisco Xavier Zauzeda and Martina Xaviera Perez, and not having found any impediments, I proclaimed the banns of marriage ....
The Best Records in the World: Aids for Genealogical Research in Mexico 2008
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Eggs poached in tomato sauce are known as either huevos ahogados ( "drowned eggs") or huevos en rabo de mestiza, which features the addition of poblano chile strips to the sauce.
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Even the marriages of slaves and Indians were recorded in detail by the parish priests, as is evident in this partial translation of a 1774 marriage record from Charcas, San Luis Potosí, which indicates the marriage between one Jacinto Ramon Rodriguez Flores, a mulato esclavo (slave mulato), and Maria Manuela Sauzeda (a mestiza from El Rancho del Sitio).
The Best Records in the World: Aids for Genealogical Research in Mexico 2008
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Even the marriages of slaves and Indians were recorded in detail by the parish priests, as is evident in this partial translation of a 1774 marriage record from Charcas, San Luis Potosí, which indicates the marriage between one Jacinto Ramon Rodriguez Flores, a mulato esclavo (slave mulato), and Maria Manuela Sauzeda (a mestiza from El Rancho del Sitio).
The Best Records in the World: Aids for Genealogical Research in Mexico 2008
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