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Quadroon

quad·roon

UK/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black

Origin

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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