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quadroon
[ kwo-droon ]
/ kwɒˈdrun /
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noun Older Use: Offensive.
a person having one-fourth Black ancestry, with one Black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
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Origin of quadroon
First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of Spanish cuarterón, derivative of cuarto “a fourth,” from Latin quartus; see -oon
Words nearby quadroon
quadrisyllable, quadrivalent, quadrivial, quadrivium, quadrominium, quadroon, quadrophonics, quadru-, quadrumane, quadrumanous, quadrumvir
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British Dictionary definitions for quadroon
quadroon
/ (kwɒˈdruːn) /
noun
the offspring of a Mulatto and a White person; a person who is one-quarter Black
Word Origin for quadroon
C18: from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto quarter, from Latin quartus
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