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quarteroon

quarteroon


  2  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\,  Quarteroon  \Quar"ter*oon\,  n. 
  A  quadroon.