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quadroon
[ kwo-droon ]
noun
, Older Use: Offensive.
- a person having one-fourth Black ancestry, with one Black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
quadroon
/ kwɒˈdruːn /
noun
- the offspring of a Mulatto and a White person; a person who is one-quarter Black
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quadroon1
C18: from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto quarter, from Latin quartus
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Example Sentences
She went down and led them out of the sun, scolding the quadroon for not being more attentive.
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The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
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Old Madame Pontellier had come herself and carried them off to Iberville with their quadroon.
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There was great fun among the Gorleston men when Jim turned serious, and one merry smacksman actually struck at the quadroon.
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A shivering little quadroon girl crept up the stairs behind a coal-black old man.
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