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Definition of Octaroons
1. octaroon [n] - See also: octaroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octaroons
Literary usage of Octaroons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progress of a Race, Or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro by Henry F. Kletzing, William Henry Crogman (1898)
"Virginia contains the largest number of Mulattoes, Quadroons and octaroons—122441;
Louisiana the next largest number—90953. MALE AND FEMALE CHILDREN OF ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1893)
"I once set a history paper fora form made up of Portuguese, negroes, mulattoes,
quadroons, octaroons, coolies, and whites. ..."
3. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"... was considered to do, and which gave rise to the conception of quadroons,
octaroons, etc., with successive lightening of the skin to %, #» and so on. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"David Daiches, 1951 he had reached his majority before it ever occurred to him
that a white woman might make quite as agreeable a mistress as the octaroons ..."
5. The United States in the Twentieth Century by Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu (1906)
"... or, to be more exact, people of negro descent, for among the blacks are
pitilessly included not only mulattos but quadroons and octaroons, everybody, ..."
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