[ kwɒ'dru:n ]
■ noun a person whose parents are a mulatto and a white person and who is therefore one-quarter black by descent.
Origin
C18: via Fr. from Sp. cuarterón , from cuarto 'quarter'; later assimilated to words beginning with quadri- .
[ kwɒ'dru:n ]
■ noun a person whose parents are a mulatto and a white person and who is therefore one-quarter black by descent.
Origin
C18: via Fr. from Sp. cuarterón , from cuarto 'quarter'; later assimilated to words beginning with quadri- .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004