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octoroon
vs.
mulatto
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octoroon
octoroon vs. mulatto
octoroon
[ ok-t
uh
-
roon
]
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noun
a person having one-eighth Black ancestry, with one Black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
mulatto
[ m
uh
-
lat
-oh, -
lah
-toh, myoo- ]
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noun,
adjective