mustee

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From mestizo (n).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /mʌˈstiː/, /mʌsˈtiː/, /ˈmʌstiː/
  • (US) IPA: /məˈsti/, /ˈməsti/
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Noun [edit]

mustee (plural mustees)

  1. (archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth African ancestry
    • 1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus[1]:
      Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee, for not performing her task.
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