OCTOROON


Meaning of OCTOROON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäk-tə-ˈrün ]

noun

Etymology: octa- + -roon (as in quadroon )

Date: 1861

: a person of one-eighth black ancestry

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.