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octoroonenUK
oc·to·roon O0028700 (ŏk′tə-ro͞on′)n. A person having white ancestors except for one black great-grandparent. Used especially as a classification under certain European colonial legal systems and now considered offensive.
[octo- + (quad)roon.]octoroon (ˌɒktəˈruːn) or octaroonnold-fashioned offensive a person having one quadroon and one White parent and therefore having one-eighth Black blood. Compare quadroon[C19: octo- + -roon as in quadroon]oc•to•roon (ˌɒk təˈrun)
n. a person having one-eighth black ancestry; the offspring of a quadroon and a white. [1855–60, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | octoroon - an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth blackarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionmixed-blood - a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races |
EncyclopediaSeeQuadroonoctoroonenUK
Words related to octoroonnoun an offspring of a quadroon and a white parentRelated Words- archaicism
- archaism
- mixed-blood
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