quadroon
IPA: kwɑdrˈun
noun
- (dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
adjective
- (dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
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Examples of "quadroon" in Sentences
- The guy was a quadroon not a mulatto.
- Half black is a mulatto, a quarter black is a quadroon.
- Look at our coverage of quadroon vs. multiracial as an example.
- The quadroon girls and Marietta leave to prepare for the wedding.
- Robinson speculates that she may technically have been a quadroon.
- As such, calling someone a mulatto, quadroon or octoroon can be a grave insult.
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