octoroon
IPA: ˈɑktrˈun
noun
- (dated or historical, now offensive) Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
- (dated or historical, now offensive) Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.
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Examples of "octoroon" in Sentences
- The word octoroon means one eighth black.
- Octoroon means a person of fourth generation black ancestry.
- A quintroon has one parent who is an octoroon and one white parent.
- As a 19th century writer he may have been referred to as an octoroon.
- He was classified 7/8 white or octoroon according to the language of the time.
- As such, calling someone a mulatto, quadroon or octoroon can be a grave insult.