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Definition of Mestizoes
1. mestizo [n] - See also: mestizo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mestizoes
Literary usage of Mestizoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"They were sincerely attached to the Spaniards, and for that reason not very
friendly to the natives. The descendants of Spaniards and mestizoes, ..."
2. Mexico, Landscapes and Popular Sketches by Christian Sartorius, Thomas Gaspey, Johann Moritz Rugendas (1859)
"1 shall often have occasion to revert to them in descriptions of Church festivals,
marriage ceremonies, burials, and the like. XIII. THE mestizoes. ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"The mestizoes, a numerous class of people, hold the next rank afin the Spaniards.
... The descendants of Spaniards and mestizoes, are denominated ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"An act was passed in 1800, containing the following section : slaves, free negroes,
mulattoes or mestizoes, «ven It shall not be lawful for any number of ..."
5. Central America, the West Indies and South America by Henry Walter Bates, Augustus Henry Keane (1885)
"By the term Mulattoes are understood in Brazil, as elsewhere in America, the
descendants of Whites and Negroes, while mestizoes are here almost exclusively ..."
6. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1840)
"... and mestizoes, whether composed of all or any of the above description WHEREAS,
the laws heretofore enacted for the government of slaves, free negroes, ..."
7. The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas (1822)
"families of Spaniards, mestizoes, M and Mexican Indians. 170 miles S. >. К from
Mexico. Long. 98. 40. \V*. Lat. I 39. 30. N. Ict'ArK, a river of Brazil, ..."
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