Quadroon Definition
kwŏ-dro͝on
noun
A person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white.
Webster's New World
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adjective
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Other Word Forms of Quadroon
Noun
Singular:
quadroon
Plural:
quadroonsOrigin of Quadroon
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Alteration of Spanish cuarterón (“offspring of European and mestizo"), from cuarto (“fourth"), from Latin quartus (“fourth")
From Wiktionary
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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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