Quadroon definition
(historical) A person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white.
noun
A person having white ancestors except for one black grandparent. Used especially as a classification under certain European colonial legal systems and now considered offensive.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
quadroon
Plural:
quadroonsOrigin of quadroon
- Alteration of Spanish cuarterón from cuarto quarter from Latin quārtus kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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