Me·tis
noun/meɪˈtiː/
/meɪˈtiː/
(plural Metis
/meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːz/
/meɪˈtiː/, /meɪˈtiːz/
)(also Métis)
(Canadian English)- (especially in Canada) a member of a people whose ancestors are both Indigenous and European, especially those whose European ancestors came to Canada from France in the 17th or 18th century
（特别是在加拿大）祖先既是土著又是欧洲人的民族的成员，尤其是欧洲祖先在 17 或 18 世纪从法国来到加拿大的民族的成员 Word Originfrom French métis, from Latin mixtus ‘mixed’ (see also mestizo).