metis

name

1. (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.
2. (Greek)A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
3. A satellite of Jupiter.
4. 9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.

noun

1. (Canada, US)A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.

   “Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.”

2. (Canada)A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.

   “He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs are a Negro and an Indian: […]”

   “Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."”

3. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
4. (Canada, US, alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”).
5. (US)A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.
6. (uncountable)Practical intelligence; street smarts.
7. (form-of, plural)plural of METI

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of mixed heritage
2. (not-comparable)Of Métis heritage.