OCTOROON


Meaning of OCTOROON in English

/ok'teuh roohn"/ , n.

a person having one-eighth black ancestry; the offspring of a quadroon and a white.

[ 1855-60, Amer.; OCTO- + (QUAD)ROON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .