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Meaning of "mustee" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUSTEE

Shortened from mestizo.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSTEE

mustee  [mʌˈstiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSTEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mustee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSTEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Métis

WikiProject ▪ Indigenous North Americans First Nations ▪ Commons ▪ Wiktionary Inuit ▪ Commons ▪ Wiktionary Métis ▪ Commons ▪ Wiktionary v t e In North America, the Métis, as defined under the Métis National Council, are descendants of mixed ancestry who self-identify themselves to be Métis, and are accepted into their current community as descedents of the Red River, Manitoba settlement. The métis indicates a person of mixed Aboriginal American and European ancestry – especially a person of Algonquian and Celtic and/or French ancestry. The term is French and is a cognate of Spanish mestizo and Portuguese mestiço, which have the same meaning but indicate European ancestry associated with the Iberian peninsula. The English word "mestee" is a corruption of the Middle French mestis. The term is also used outside of North America, mostly in countries that were historically part of the French Empire, such as Vietnam. As in North America,the term indicates a person of mixed European and non-European ancestry.

Definition of mustee in the English dictionary

The definition of mustee in the dictionary is the offspring of a White person and a quadroon. Other definition of mustee is any person of mixed ancestry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUSTEE


aristae
əˈrɪstiː
ballistae
bəˈlɪstiː
besti
ˈbeɪstiː
bustee
ˈbʌstiː
costae
ˈkɒstiː
cotrustee
ˌkəʊtrʌˈstiː
cristae
ˈkrɪstiː
fasti
ˈfæstiː
mestee
mɛˈstiː
testae
ˈtɛstiː
trustee
trʌˈstiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSTEE

mustard and cress
mustard bath
mustard gas
mustard oil
mustard plaster
mustard pot
mustard powder
mustard-colored
mustard-coloured
mustardy
mustelid
musteline
muster
muster in
muster out
muster roll
muster station
musterer
musth
mustier

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSTEE

absentee
amputee
arrestee
committee
devotee
draftee
enlistee
executive committee
guarantee
jestee
listee
manatee
mentee
pensioneer trustee
Santee
steering committee
subcommittee
tee
testee
vestee

Synonyms and antonyms of mustee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mustee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSTEE

Find out the translation of mustee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mustee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mustee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mustee
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mustee
570 millions of speakers

English

mustee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mustee
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mustee
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mustee
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mustee
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mustee
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mustee
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mestilah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mustee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mustee
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mustee
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mustee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mustee
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mustee
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mustee
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mustee
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mustee
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mustee
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mustee
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleurling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mustee
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mustee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mustee

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSTEE»

The term «mustee» is normally little used and occupies the 112.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSTEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mustee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mustee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mustee

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSTEE»

Discover the use of mustee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mustee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the ...
1747 'a . . . slim Mustee Fellow, named Mingo'. [Mingo may be the Choctaw word for headman.] 1759 'a Mustee Fellow named Toney, has much the appearance of an Indian both in his hair and complexion'. 1 764 'a Mulatto or Mustee Slave, ...
Jack D. Forbes, 1993
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After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian ...
term “Mustee” as a first step in transforming “Indians” into “Negroes.” In the latter half of the eighteenth century, town clerks used “Mustee” most frequently to describe children being bound out in indenture contracts. Where clerks record the ...
Colin G. Calloway, 2000
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The Mustee: Or Love an Liberity (1859)
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Bf Presbury, 2010
4
The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island: A History
The provincial muster rolls for Suffolk County from 1758 to 1762 list over one hundred men as “Indian,” “Mustee,” “Mestizo,” “Mulatto,” or “Negro” (CNYHS 1892; NYSH 1897; Knoblauch 1997, 159).1 According to historian Edward Knoblauch, ...
John A. Strong, 2013
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Slave Society in the Danish West Indies: St. Thomas, St. ...
It should be noted also that Oxholm exempted children, mustee (the children of mulatto and white parents) and castice (of mustee and white parents), from such public degradation. Silent on the subject of irons, the journals do however hint at  ...
N. A. T. Hall, B. W. Higman, 1992
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The Mustee; Or, Love and Liberty
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Benjamin F. Presbury, 2012
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The Colonial Twins of Virginia
the knife himself, and, lifting it high in the air, brought it down with all his force on the Mustee's groping hand. There was a sudden shriek of pain and rage from behind the lumber-pile, the hand was torn away, and a bullet from the Mustee's ...
Lucy Fitch Perkins, 2008
8
Mixed Race Literature
226), including: 'A Mustee fellow named Nedd ... short curFd Hair, but not wooly, thick lip'd, small eyes.' 'Peter, a Mustee ... with black curl'd hair' [listed among 'the following negroes']. 'a Negore woman named Hagar, with her child Fanny, ...
Jonathan Brennan, 2002
9
Inside Babylon: The Caribbean Diaspora in Britain
In the British Caribbean (with the sole exception of Barbados), one was designated legally white after the category of mustee and became automatically free.10 One way, therefore, of becoming legally free in Caribbean slave society was to ...
Winston James, Clive Harris, 1993
10
The Itinerant Slave
“This here the mustee runaway?” one of them spit out, and sort of nudged me with the barrel of his rifle. “Shore dressed odd,” he added. “I never done see any clothes like that around these parts. Wonder where you get strange clothes like that.
Jacque Aaronsen, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSTEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mustee is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Halacci': Movie starring Ali Nuhu set to hit Filmhouse cinema Kano
'Halacci' is written by Jamlu Nafseen and Ali Nihu, produced by Mustee Junior, and directed by Ali Nuhu. 'Halacci' stars Ali Nuhu, Sadiq Sani ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jun 15»
2
BIRTHS FOR MAY 2, 2015
Mustee - To Rich Mustee and Pamela DelMedico, New Hartford, April 28, 2015, a daughter. Sanchez - To Victor Sanchez and Darryl Freeman, ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, May 15»
3
Capturing the Gullah vision: Folk art festival honors artist Sam Doyle
"It pays homage to the blending of cultures -- African and Indian -- that was called 'mustee.' Growing up, we thought they were talking about ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Mar 15»
4
'Halacci': Ali Nuhu releases teaser for upcoming movie
The new movie 'Halacci' is written by Jamlu Nafseen and Ali Nihu, produced by Mustee Junior, and directed by Ali Nuhu. 'Halacci' stars Ali ... «Pulse Nigeria, Dec 14»
5
Exploring the Many Shades of Black
“Colored” remained a flexible category depending on the classifier, but terms such as “mustee” ignored distinctions between people of color: ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Aug 14»
6
Fire destroys barn in New Hartford
Rick Mustee, who identified himself as a relative of the owners, said the barn was part of the Smith Farm. It was not known how long the barn ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Apr 14»
7
Bern 1969 /Venice 2013
In Bern I installed two ephemeral latex and flock pieces—“Mustee” and “Flocked Wall”—and two neon sculptures: “Untitled (Neon and Cloth),” ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 13»
8
Nigerian Police Goes After Importers, Sellers Of Bangers
AFTER THE DAMAGED. mustee · December 27, 2012 - 6:03 pm. wetin dey do gov't dem put chew gum for eyes abi cotton wool for hear, where ... «P.M. News, Dec 12»
9
Review by Shelly Marshall, BS, CSAC
The classifications were a symphony in an artist's palette of colors such as metis, marabou, griffonne, sacatra, sambo, mulatto, mustee, ... «Metapsychology, Apr 12»
10
Out of Many, Many
... quadroon; quadroon + white = mustee; etc.). Many slave masters freed their brown children, and gave them the plum jobs on the plantations. «Jamaica Gleaner, Sep 11»

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