quarteroon
quarteroon is the obsolete form of quadroon.
Meaning of quadroon
Noun
quadroon (plural quadroons)
- A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
- There were slow boys and bashful boys, feeble boys and riotous boys, boys that lisped and boys that stuttered, one or two lame ones, and a merry little quadroon, who could not be taken in elsewhere, but who was welcome to the ‘Bhaer-garten’, though some people predicted that his admission would...1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 47, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC
Forms of quarteroon
| plural | quarteroons |
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Questions about quarteroon
- What is quarteroon the obsolete form of?
- Quarteroon is the obsolete form of quadroon.
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