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Metif † [< Cdn F < OF metif (of) mixed breed] Obs. 
n. a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.
See also: Metis
- 1817 Recourse was had to the aid of a lawless banditti, technically termed, Metifs, Bois Brulés or Half-breeds.
- 1821 (1938) . . . the North West Coy . . . are allied [with] and have Meitiff progeny with all the other Tribes in North America.
- 1840 (1860) On the 28th June he embarked with a motley group, composed of "an Englishman, a man from Stornoway, two Canadians, two metifs (or half-breeds), and three Iroquois Indians."
- 1817 Recourse was had to the aid of a lawless banditti, technically termed, Metifs, Bois Brulés or Half-breeds.