Quadroon
11quadroon — [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 …
12quadroon — qua·droon …
13quadroon — quad•roon [[t]kwɒˈdrun[/t]] n. pan a person having one fourth black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a white • Etymology: 1640–50; alter. of Sp cuarterón, der. of cuarto fourth < L quārtus; see oon …
14quadroon — /kwɒˈdrun/ (say kwo droohn) noun Obsolete (usually derogatory, racist) 1. a person who is one fourth African; the offspring of a mulatto and white. 2. a person who is one fourth Aboriginal. {Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin… …
15quadroon — n. child of white and mulatto parents, having one quarter black ancestry …
16quadroon — A person of mixed race, being the child of a mulatto and a white. State v Treadway, 126 La 300, 323, 52 So 500 …
17quadroon — n. the offspring of a White person and a mulatto; a person of one quarter Negro blood. Etymology: Sp. cuarteroacuten f. cuarto fourth, assim. to QUADRI …
18mulatto, quadroon, octoroon — Each of these terms has a scientific basis, but each is considered offensive by many persons. Degrees of racial designation such as these terms and half caste and half breed do not always hide contempt or disdain. Although their use is not… …
19quarteron — Quadroon Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913… …
20quarteroon — Quadroon Quad*roon , n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913… …
