mustee

English

Etymology

From mestizo (noun).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mʌˈstiː/, /mʌsˈtiː/, /ˈmʌstiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈsti/, /ˈməsti/

Noun

mustee (plural mustees)

  1. (archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth African ancestry
    • 1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus‎:
      Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee, for not performing her task.

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