Mestizo

[Sarah]

The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or personof European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported fromSouth America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

[Sarah]

A Spanish word literally meaning mixed usually refering to someone who is mixed between Spanish and Native American.

[Sarah]

Originally used in Spanish to refer very specifically to a person of 50% [European] and 50% [Amerindian] descent.
Nowadays used to refer to any [Hispanic] person of mixed Amerindian and European descent, regardless of proportions. Sometimes even used as a general term for any Hispanic person of mixed racial origins.
Sometimes used to refer to the Hispanic culture of the Americas (as it is a mix of different indigenous, European and African cultures).

The cognate word in Portuguese is [mestiço], while in French it is [métis].

[Sarah]

A Mexican or Mexican-American with noticeably mixed Indian and Spanish ancestry. They are roughly 50% Indian (aztec, mayan, exct.) and 50% Spanish (either southern or northern Spain). A Mestizo can also have a mix of other European ancestry such as French and sometimes German.
In modern times, a Mestizos

[Sarah]

A term that means half-blood, by defintion half Native American (Aztec) and half White (Spanish). It was created by the Spanish when they conquered what is now know as Mexico. They were attempting to make Mexico The New Spain. During there time of rule they interbreeded with the Aztecs creating the race know as mestizo. So that there would be any confusion with people who were fully Spanish(White) vs half Spanish(Native/White), the Spanish made the term to catagorize the three. Today Mexico is full of people who look like Native Americans but in all reality a every few percent are Native American, most are mixed. For this reason there are, as they call them, white mexicans because some Mexicans have more Spanish features, while most have indigionous features.

[Sarah]

Predominantly, person of White( Of southern european, Predominantly Spain, brown hair- brown eyes) and South American Native(Indian) Mixture.
Mestizo word pertain to a person with this mix that has a (1) heavy dark brown pigmentation complexion ,but round eyes( head hieght is twice as long as head width)(2) or light skin but showing oriental eyes as well as head bone structure( head height almost equals head width).
Those still considered White are,head structure hieght is at least twice as long as width with predominantly showing round eyes, regardless of complexion( very white to thin brown complexion)
Majority of the south american population.
Population also include many Blacks and well as many blondes.
blondes are mixed heavily with white and vis versa in Europe, ususally considered the same race(Losely, but not totally really)

[Sarah]

A person who is half-white and half-South Eastern Asian (i.e. Filipino, Cambodian, Thai, etc.) As opposed to mulatto, being half-S.E.A. and half-black.

[Sarah]

Beaner, Mexican, you get the idea.

[Gregory]

Someone who is usually of the [filipino] descent and is of lighter skin who is [gwapo] (aka handsome), like a [whiter] looking person. A half white and half filipino or spanish would make a mestizo person.

[Becky]

(in Latin America) a man of mixed race, especially one having Spanish and indigenous descent.