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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octoroon  \Oc`to*roon"\,  n.  [L.  octo  eight  +  -roon,  as  in 
  quadroon.] 
  The  offspring  of  a  quadroon  and  a  white  person;  a  mestee. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Octoroon 
  n  :  an  offspring  of  a  Quadroon  and  a  White  parent;  a  person  who 
  is  one-eighth  Black  [syn:  {Octoroon}] 




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