English Explanatory Dictionary

octoroon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
  2. Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.

Word forms

octoroon octoroons octaroon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

Synonyms

mustee

Related words

quadroon quintroon terceroon
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