Metis

  1. Proper noun.  (Canada) One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.
  2. Proper noun.  (chiefly, Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.
  3. Proper noun.  (Greek god) The personification of "Wisdom". Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was a Titan, but not one of the first twelve Titans. First spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena, goddess of wisdom. She symbolises the divine wisdom.
  4. Proper noun.  (astronomy) A satellite of Jupiter.
  5. Proper noun.  (astronomy) 9 Metis, the asteroid.
  6. Noun.  (chiefly, Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.
  7. Noun.  practical intelligence; street smarts.

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