quadroon

quadroon
/kwo droohn"/, n.
a person having one-fourth black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a white.
[1640-50; alter. of Sp cuarterón, deriv. of cuarto FOURTH < L quartus; see -OON]

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  • quadroon — [kwä dro͞on′] n. [Sp cuarterón < cuarto, a fourth < L quartus: see QUART1] a person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white …   English World dictionary

  • Quadroon — Image from 1899 book about Spanish American War Quadroon, and the associated words octoroon and quintroon are terms that, historically, were applied to define the ancestry of people of mixed race, generally of African and Caucasian ancestry, but… …   Wikipedia

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  • quadroon — noun Etymology: modification of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus more at quart Date: 1707 a person of one quarter black ancestry …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • quadroon — [kwɒ dru:n] noun a person whose parents are a mulatto and a white person and who is therefore one quarter black by descent. Origin C18: via Fr. from Sp. cuarterón, from cuarto quarter ; later assimilated to words beginning with quadri …   English new terms dictionary

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