mustee
English
Etymology
From mestizo (noun).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌˈstiː/, /mʌsˈtiː/, /ˈmʌstiː/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈsti/, /ˈməsti/
Noun
mustee (plural mustees)
- (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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Anagrams
- meutes