Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quarteron"
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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