quadroon
a person having one-fourth Black ancestry, with one Black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
Origin of quadroon
1- Compare octoroon.
Words Nearby quadroon
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How to use quadroon in a sentence
She went down and led them out of the sun, scolding the quadroon for not being more attentive.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinOld Madame Pontellier had come herself and carried them off to Iberville with their quadroon.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThere was great fun among the Gorleston men when Jim turned serious, and one merry smacksman actually struck at the quadroon.
The Chequers | James RuncimanA shivering little quadroon girl crept up the stairs behind a coal-black old man.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
British Dictionary definitions for quadroon
/ (kwɒˈdruːn) /
the offspring of a Mulatto and a White person; a person who is one-quarter Black
Origin of quadroon
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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