quadroon

[ kwo-droon ]

noun

, Older Use: Offensive.

1. a person having one-fourth Black ancestry, with one Black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.

quadroon

/ kwɒˈdruːn /

noun

1. the offspring of a Mulatto and a White person; a person who is one-quarter Black

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadroon¹

First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of Spanish cuarterón, derivative of cuarto “a fourth,” from Latin quartus; -oon

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadroon¹

C18: from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto quarter, from Latin quartus

Example Sentences

She went down and led them out of the sun, scolding the quadroon for not being more attentive.

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The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.

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Old Madame Pontellier had come herself and carried them off to Iberville with their quadroon.

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There was great fun among the Gorleston men when Jim turned serious, and one merry smacksman actually struck at the quadroon.

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A shivering little quadroon girl crept up the stairs behind a coal-black old man.

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