Quadroon - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Quadroon :  (noun)

1: an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black [syn: Quadroon]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

QUADROON. A person who is descended from a white person, and another person who has an equal mixture of the European and African blood. 2 Bailey, 558. Vide Mulatto.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Quadroon

MaiLegzRock: @sexilantavegas lmao, not Quadroon/octaroon tho, haha! I need to find him, SERIOUSLY!!!
sexilantavegas: @MaiLegzRock girl that Quadroon can have me too
theonetruegigi: @matttbastardĀ "Inverse Quadroon" - I bet they have a word for that. So @lisaswarren - what would that term be? #YesWeAreMockingYou
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