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- Word comparison: octoroon vs. mulatto
octoroon vs. mulatto
noun
Older Use: Offensive.
a person having one-eighth Black ancestry, with one Black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
noun
plural
mulattoes, mulattosAnthropology., (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one Black parent.
Older Use: Offensive., a person who has both Black and white ancestors.
adjective
of a light-brown color.