Mestee
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The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called inthe West Indies. [Written also mustee.]
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A member of an old mixed-race or [triracial] group, formed by people of mixed white, black and Native American ancestry before the Civil War. Derived from Mestis in Middle French, which became [Metis] in modern French, which is used for mixed groups in Canada. Cognate with [Mestizo] in Spanish.
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