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quadroon



qua·droon [ kwä-ˈdrün]



quadroon   
noun
[kwä-ˈdrün]

Definition of quadroon

dated, now offensive
: a person of one-quarter black ancestry



First Known Use of quadroon

1707, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for quadroon

modification of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus — more at quart



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