Definition of "Mestee"

A mixed race person, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.  examples

A member of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry, like the Melungeons and a person referred to as a brass ankle.  examples

A person who is mostly white and less than one eighth black.  examples

In the West Indies, a person who is one eighth black (an octoroon).  examples

Of mixed race people, especially if mostly white in ancestry, appearance and culture.  examples

Of an old mixed race group, particularly those groups which identify more with their white ancestry than with their black or Native American ancestry.  examples