mestizo

IPA: mɛstˈizoʊ

A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
(Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

Examples of "mestizo" in Sentences

He's better off passing as a Latin American mestizo
The vast majority of Mexicans are "mestizo" (of mixed European and indigenous blood).
He's better off passing as a Latin American mestizo bobbylee Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05: 26 PM EST
A study through genetics has come up with how the 'mestizo' characteristics in Latin America came about.
According to CIA statistics (Mexico has none), 90 percent of Mexicans are mestizo, which is another way of saying brown.
Among the participants, 28/31 (90%) were male, 25/31 (81%) were self-identified as mestizo, and 19/31 (61%) had an education above high school.
In the Tropic photo their physical appearance though not necessarily their actual lineage could be described as more 'mestizo', in contrast to a more Afro-Latino look.
MEXICO CITY -- The historical election of the first "mestizo" to the White House would go a long way toward redeeming the promise of the United States in the eyes of the world, particularly after the truly ruinous Bush tenure.
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The bureau now recognizes peoples who are traditionally viewed (using arbitrary criteria) as indigenous in Mexico, Central and South America, but it does not recognize those who are considered "mestizo" -- peoples who are at least part, if not primarily, native.