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quadroon

noun
qua·​droon | \ kwä-ˈdrün How to pronounce quadroon (audio) \

Definition of quadroon

dated, now offensive
: a person of one-quarter black ancestry

Examples of quadroon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 The 1850 census instructed enumerators: Be particularly careful to distinguish between blacks, mulattoes, quadroons, and octoroons. — Jess Mchugh, Fortune, "The U.S. Census Has a Long History of Discrimination," 20 June 2019

First Known Use of quadroon

1707, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for quadroon

modification of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus — more at quart

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