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noun
Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical
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noun
Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical
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noun
an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mixed-blood
History
Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).
