quadroon

Meanings

Noun

  • A person of three-fourths Caucasian descent and one fourth African descent.
  • A person of three-quarters Caucasian descent and one quarter Aboriginal descent.

Adjective

Origin

  • Alteration of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto, from Latin quartus

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