moccasin aristocracy

West, Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1962 quote.

Quotations

1889

Many of the "moccasin aristocracy"--as we dubbed the French half-breeds, in barrack parlance--lived in huts for the winter. . . .

1962

"Ari-stock-rats," sometimes "moccasin aristocracy," is a term used to designate the half-breeds (or Metis) which they prefer being called.