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quadroon.

A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/
  1. A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.

    dated · historical
Where this word comes from

From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.

adj/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/
  1. Of or related to quadroons.

    dated · historical · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.

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