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Canadian half-breed
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.
See: Metis
Quotations
1861
In the spring of the year, when the Europeans are busy, late and early, getting their seed into the ground, the Canadian Halfbreed is often stuck up in the end of his canoe fishing gold-eyes. . . .