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Metif†
[< Cdn F < OF metif (of) mixed breed]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.
See: Metis
Quotations
1817
Recourse was had to the aid of a lawless banditti, technically termed, Metifs, Bois Brulés or Half-breeds.
1821
. . . the North West Coy . . . are allied [with] and have Meitiff progeny with all the other Tribes in North America.
1840
On the 28th June he embarked with a motley group, composed of "an Englishman, a man from Stornoway, two Canadians, two metifs (or half-breeds), and three Iroquois Indians."