Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mustee

/məˈsti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mus-tee
IPA: /məˈsti/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of one-eighth African ancestry.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"a mulatto is the offspring of a white man by a negress; a quadroon is the offspring of a white man and a mulatto mother; the child of a quadroon by a white man is a mustee; the child of a white man by a mustee woman is a mustiphini;"
"Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee, for not performing her task."

Etymology

From mestizo (noun).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /məˈsti/
British English: /mʌˈstiː/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

mustees (plural)

Derived Forms

musteefino mustiphini

Frequently Paired Words

list in mulatto

Synonyms

octaroon octoroon

Questions

How do you pronounce mustee?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈsti/.
What does mustee mean?: A person of one-eighth African ancestry.
Where does mustee come from?: From mestizo (noun).

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