Assertion: mestizo | /r/HasProperty | synonymous
Facets:
value: with bastard
type: OTHER
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: according to historians michael c. meyer
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to historians Michael C. Meyer and William L. Sherman, early in the 16th century Spanish colonial usage of the term, mestizo "was almost synonymous with bastard" (illegitimate child).