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Definition of: mestizo
(mes·tē′zō) noun plural ·zos or ·zoes
Any one of mixed blood; in Mexico and the western United States, a person of Spanish and Indian blood. Also mes·te′so, mes·ti′no (-nō). [<Sp. <LL mixticius <L mixtus, pp. of miscere mix]
—mes·ti′za (-zə) noun fem.
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