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Quadroon

noun
(Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron)
1.
An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black.





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"Quadroon" Quotes from Famous Books



... women were billed as "a galaxy of Creole beauties." This show traveled about the country libeling the Creoles and doubtless causing many persons of that class which attended Sam T. Jack's shows, to believe that "Creole" means something like "quadroon." But when the show got to Baton Rouge the manager was waited upon by a committee of citizens who said certain things to him which caused him to give up his engagement there and cancel any other engagements he ...
— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street


Words linked to "Quadroon" :   archaism, archaicism, mixed-blood


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