Lexicographical Neighbors of Metisse
Literary usage of Metisse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Corsairs of France by Charles Boswell Norman (1887)
"He therefore determined to entice the metisse away from his prizes, or to fight
her should she refuse to be enticed. He ordered the commanders of the Amavel ..."
2. Our Debt to the Red Man: The French-Indians in the Development of the United by Louise Seymour Houghton (1918)
"Madame La Framboise was not the only successful metisse trader of her day.
Her sister, Therese Mascotte, the energetic wife of the trader, ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"... mother, half Chinese and half Hawaiian. No. 25: Father, Irish; mother, half
Chinese and half Hawaiian. A POLYNESIAN-NORWEGIAN metisse THE EDITOR. ..."
4. Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn (1890)
"... metisse, cha- bine,—a general effect of rich brownish yellow. You are among
a people of half-breeds,—the finest mixed race of the West Indies. ..."
5. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"... La pensee metisse (Fayard, Paris, 1999). 15. See my discussion, "Comparative
History," in Carlos Barros, ed., Historia a Debate (3 vols. ..."
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