English Explanatory Dictionary

quadroon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
adj
  1. Of or related to quadroons.

Pronunciation

/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/

Word forms

quadroon quadroons

Etymology

From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.

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