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quarteron |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part and cf {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, n. [F. See {Quartern}.] A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. --Piers Plowman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, Quarteroon \Quar"ter*oon\, n. A quadroon.
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