What is the meaning of Metis?

A person of mixed-race ancestry.

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

A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon.

Of mixed heritage

Of Métis heritage.

Practical intelligence; street smarts.

second-person singular present subjunctive of metre

past of meti

past of metar

dative/ablative plural of mēta

metis, half-breed

Source: wiktionary.org