- quad|roon
- quad|roon «kwod ROON», noun.a person having one fourth Negro ancestry; child of a white person and a mulatto.╂[earlier quarteron < Spanish cuarterón < cuarto fourth < Latin quartus]
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quadroon — quad•roon [[t]kwɒˈdrun[/t]] n. pan a person having one fourth black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a white • Etymology: 1640–50; alter. of Sp cuarterón, der. of cuarto fourth < L quārtus; see oon … From formal English to slang
Quadroon — Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quarteron — Quadroon Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quarteroon — Quadroon Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quateron — Quadroon Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
octoroon — /ok teuh roohn /, n. a person having one eighth black ancestry; the offspring of a quadroon and a white. [1855 60, Amer.; OCTO + (QUAD)ROON] * * * … Universalium
octoroon — ☆ octoroon [äk΄tə ro͞on′ ] n. [ OCTO + (QUAD)ROON] a person who has one black great grandparent; child of a quadroon and a white … English World dictionary
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