Quadroon
1Quadroon — 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 Webster] …
2quadroon — (n.) 1707, offspring of a white and a mulatto, from Sp. cuarteron (used chiefly of the offspring of a European and a mestizo), from cuarto fourth, from L. quartus (see QUART (Cf. quart)), so called because he or she has one quarter African blood …
3quadroon — [kwä dro͞on′] n. [Sp cuarterón < cuarto, a fourth < L quartus: see QUART1] a person who has one black grandparent; child of a mulatto and a white …
4Quadroon — Image from 1899 book about Spanish American War Quadroon, and the associated words octoroon and quintroon are terms that, historically, were applied to define the ancestry of people of mixed race, generally of African and Caucasian ancestry, but… …
5quadroon — See mulatto. See mulatto, quadroon, octoroon …
6quadroon — noun Etymology: modification of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus more at quart Date: 1707 a person of one quarter black ancestry …
7quadroon — /kwo droohn /, n. a person having one fourth black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a white. [1640 50; alter. of Sp cuarterón, deriv. of cuarto FOURTH < L quartus; see OON] * * * …
8quadroon — Synonyms and related words: Cape Colored, Eurasian, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed, griffe, half blood, half bred, half breed, half caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed… …
9QUADROON — the name given to a person quarter blooded, in particular the offspring of a mulatto and a white person …
10quadroon — kwÉ‘ druËn /kwÉ’ d n. person of mixed white and mulatto blood, person with one black grandparent …
