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quadroon definition

quad·roon (kwä dro̵̅o̅n′)

noun

a person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white

Etymology: Sp cuarterón < cuarto, a fourth < L quartus: see quart

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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