metis
IPA: mˈɛtɪs
Root Word: Metis
noun
- (Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
- (chiefly Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.
- (Greek mythology) A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
- (astronomy) A satellite of Jupiter.
- (astronomy) 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.
- A person of mixed-race ancestry.
- (US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
- (knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.
- (chiefly Canada, US) Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”) [(Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.]
adjective
- Of mixed heritage
- Of Métis heritage.
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Examples of "metis" in Sentences
- This does not mean he isn't Metis.
- Metis doesn't need an accent in English.
- Metis does not have an accent in English.
- The Heritage Language of the Canadian Metis.
- Of these, the Metis took the greatest offence.
- Little is known about diabetes and Metis people.
- The Metis in the est are referred to in the proper form.
- Middleton's rapid deployment was unsettling to the Metis.
- By 1880 there was a Metis settlement at the south end of the lake.
- So by his own words he is not Metis, under the generic definition of Metis.
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