quadroon

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.] [1913 Webster]
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