Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quadroon"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Quadroon
n : an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who
is one-quarter Black [syn: {Quadroon}]
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