The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.
1808. The hospitality and goodness of the Creoles and Metifs began to manifest itself by their producing their provision and giving it to my men, covering them with their blankets, &c.—Z. M. Pike, ‘Sources of the Mississippi’ (1895), ii. 510. (N.E.D.)
1814. A young metiff, daughter of the interpreter, a beautiful girl of sixteen, came forward.—H. M. Brackenbury, ‘Journal up the Missouri,’ p. 258.
1823. The party was led by the most distinguished brave of the village, and half brother of the Metiff chief, but of unmixed blood, and a principal supporter of the influence of that chief.—E. James, ‘Rocky Mountain Expedition,’ i. 362.
