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metis
/meɪˈtiː/
noun 6name 4adj 2
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2ADJ.
inner
METIS + NOUN
adrastea, amalthea, descendent
Definitions
name
1
One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
noun
1
A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.
2
A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.
He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs are a Negro and an Indian: […]
Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."
name
1
A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena
2
A satellite of Jupiter.
3
9 Metis, a main belt asteroid.
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Gabriel Du Pre is a Metis, a descendent^([sic]) of the Cree, Chippewa and Ojibwe tribes mixed with French.
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He is a Métis, that is, the son of a white father and Indian mother. He has dwelt long in cities where Europeans have conducted business, and speaks English and French very well; the other two chiefs
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Malcolm Norris proposed that "if he has one drop of Indian blood in his veins and has not been assimilated into the social fabric of our civilization he is a Metis."
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Jupiter has four inner satellites: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe. Their orbits are very close to the planet.
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