A person with one white and one black parent. Frequently more generally: a person of mixed white and black ancestry. Cf. metis, n. 1, quadroon, n.

A person with one white and one black parent. Cf. mulatto, n. 1.

A person of mixed European and African descent; (sometimes) spec. a person with one white-skinned parent and the other one-quarter black. Also more…

A person who is by descent three-quarters white and one-quarter black; a person with one black grandparent. Formerly also: †a person with one…

A person who is by descent fifteen-sixteenths white and one-sixteenth black; one who is fifth in descent from an African.

A person who is by descent three-quarters white and one-quarter black; a person with three white grandparents and one black grandparent. Cf. quadroon…

derogatory. A black person or a person of mixed black and white descent. Now rare.

A person with having mixed white and American Indian parentage. Also more generally: a person with parents of different ethnic origin. Cf. metis, n.…

A person having one white-skinned parent and the other a mustee.

In extended use: a person who is by descent three-quarters white and one-quarter black; a person with three white grandparents and one black…

= octoroon, n.

A person who is by descent three-quarters black and one-quarter white; a person with three black grandparents and one white grandparent.

A person who is by descent seven-eighths white and one-eighth black; a person with seven white great-grandparents and one black great-grandparent…

A Bahamian who is white or of mixed black and white descent. Cf. conch, n. 7.

U.S. slang (offensive). A light-skinned person with one white and one black parent. Cf. high yellow n. adj. at high, adj. n.2compounds 4. rare.