Definition of Quadroon

1. Noun. An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black.

Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Generic synonyms: Mixed-blood

Definition of Quadroon

1. n. The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.

Definition of Quadroon

1. Noun. (historical) A person of three-fourths Caucasian descent and one fourth African descent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadroon

1. a person of one-quarter black ancestry [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quadroon

1. The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. Alternative forms: quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron. Origin: F. Quarteron, or Sp. Cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadroon

quadrivalence
quadrivalent
quadrivalents
quadrivalve
quadrivalves
quadrivalvular
quadrivariate
quadrivia
quadrivial
quadrivials
quadrivium
quadrivoltine
quadrobulary
quadrominium
quadrominiums
quadroon (current term)
quadroons
quadrophonic
quadropolar
quadropole
quadroxide
quadroxides
quadrumana
quadrumane
quadrumanes
quadrumanous
quadrumvir
quadrumvirate
quadrumvirates
quadrumvirs

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