Mustee vs Mestee - What's the difference?
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(archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth African ancestry
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A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and the Brass Ankles.
A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.
In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).
Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.
Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.
Mustee is a related term of mestee.
As nouns the difference between mustee and mestee
is that mustee is (archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth african ancestry while mestee is multi ethnic people.mustee
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mestee
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(-)See also
* (Mestee) * * (Mestizo) *Africans and Native Americans