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☆ oc·to·roon (äk′tə ro̵̅o̅n′)

noun

a person who has one black great-grandparent; child of a quadroon and a white

Etymology: octo- + (quad)roon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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