English Explanatory Dictionary

fustee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who is of 1/16 black ancestry, the child of a mustee and a white.
noun
  1. A caravel or other (Spanish) ship.

Word forms

fustee fustees

Etymology

Unclear. The 1911 Century Dictionary suggests it is a variation of mustee (the ending in any case matches mustee/mestee and costee, as well as dustee, which Century suggests might in turn be a variation of fustee). Perhaps compare fusty, or fustic, a yellow dye?

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