terceroonn.
/təːsəˈruːn/ rare.
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 n. 1
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mulatto1591
mulat1678
mustee1699
quadroon1707
quintroon1769
terceroon1772
blue skin1788
metif1805
musteefinoa1818
Morisco1819
octoon1840
griff1850
octoroon1854
Conchy Joe1888
mustard seed1926
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 29 The Tercerones, produced from a White and a Mulatto, with some approximation to the former, but not so near as to obliterate their origin.
1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. 296 Europeans and Mulattos produce Tercerons (sometimes also called Quarterons, Moriscos, and Mestizos)... Europeans and Tercerons produce Quarterons or Quadroons.
1878 R. T. H. Bartley tr. P. Topinard Anthropol. ii. vii. 374 The mixed breeds of negroes and Europeans have various names... The first are called mulatoes, the second, tierceroons.
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