octaroon

/ ˌɒktəˈruːn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of octoroon

Example Sentences

As did the brilliant frames of An Octaroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

From New York Times

Yes, I do mean it, miss," he answered; "an octaroon slave girl, and Carvalho's her son by old Jacob Carvalho, a Jew merchant at the back of the island, who was fool enough to go and actually marry her.

From Project Gutenberg

I know his mother when she was a slave of your grandfather's," she said; "an upstanding proud octaroon girl, who thought herself too good for her place because she was nearly a white woman.

From Project Gutenberg

I come on one side from the oldest and greatest among civilized races, the Jews; and on the other side from many energetic English, French, and Dutch families whose blood I am vain enough to prize as a precious inheritance even though it came to me through the veins of an octaroon girl.

From Project Gutenberg

"My mother," Ernest Carvalho said quietly; and I took the proffered hand with a warmth that must have really surprised the slave-born octaroon.

From Project Gutenberg