octoroon
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Noun (1)
- an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth blackType of mixed-blood
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Oc′to·roon′ noun
Origin: L. octo eight + -roon, as in quadroon.
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54