Definition of "metis"

A person of mixed-race ancestry.  examples

(chiefly Canada, US) Alternative letter-case form of Metis (“a member of one of three Canadian Aboriginal peoples; any person of mixed European and Indigenous descent”)  examples

(US) A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.  examples

Of mixed heritage  examples

Of Métis heritage.  examples

(knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts.  examples