| 单词 | octoroon |
| 释义 | octoroon[ ok-tuh-roon ] / ˌɒk təˈrun / noun Older Use: Offensive.a person having one-eighth Black ancestry, with one Black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person. Origin of octoroonAn Americanism dating back to 1855–60; octo- + (quad)roon Words nearby octoroonoctomerous, octometer, octonary, octopod, octopus, octoroon, octosyllabic, octosyllable, octroi, octuple, octuplet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for octoroonoctoroon octaroon/ (ˌɒktəˈruːn) / nouna person having one quadroon and one White parent and therefore having one-eighth Black bloodCompare quadroon Word Origin for octoroonC19: octo- + -roon as in quadroon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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