mestiza

mes·ti·za

M0242500 (mĕs-tē′zə)n. A woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

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[Spanish, feminine of mestizo; see mestizo.]

mes•ti•za

(mɛˈsti zə)

n., pl. -zas. a woman who is a mestizo. [1580–90; < Sp, feminine of mestizo mestizo]

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mestiza - a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"