Metis
- 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.
- Proper noun. (chiefly, Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.
- 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.
- Proper noun. (astronomy) A satellite of Jupiter.
- Proper noun. (astronomy) 9 Metis, the asteroid.
- Noun. (chiefly, Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. Often uncapitalized.
- Noun. practical intelligence; street smarts.
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