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Word: Quadroon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century (earlier as quarteron): via French from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto ‘quarter’, from Latin quartus; later assimilated to words beginning with quadri-
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kwɒˈdruːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who is one-quarter black by descent.
Short Definition:person who is one-quarter black by descent
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