Mustees
[muh-stee, muhs-tee] /mʌˈsti, ˈmʌs ti/
noun
1.
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
2.
a half-breed.
/mʌˈstiː; ˈmʌstiː/
noun
1.
the offspring of a White person and a quadroon
2.
any person of mixed ancestry
n.
“octoroon, offspring of a white and a quadroon,” also “half-caste,” 1690s, a corruption of Spanish mestizo (q.v.).
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