(ˈ)kwä|drün sometimes (ˈ)kwȯ|- noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by quadri- ) of earlier quarteron, from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus; akin to Latin quattuor four — more at four
1. : the offspring of a mulatto and a white person : a person of one-quarter Negro ancestry
2. : a person whose racial background resembles that of a quadroon ; especially : one with a quarter aboriginal (as Indian) ancestry