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Word: Octoroon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from octo- ‘eight’, on the pattern of quadroon
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɒktəˈruːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who is one-eighth black by descent.
Short Definition:person who is one-eighth black by descent
Variant Forms:
- octaroon
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