QUADROON


Meaning of QUADROON in English

[ 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- .

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