What does octoroon mean?
Definitions for octoroon
ˌɒk təˈrunoc·toroon
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Princeton's WordNet
octoroonnoun
an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
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octoroonnoun
someone having one-eighth black ancestry
Etymology: From octo- + -roon, alteration of ending of cuarterón
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octoroon
In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia, a quadroon or quarteron was a person with one quarter African/Aboriginal and three quarters European ancestry. Similar classifications were octoroon for one-eighth black (Latin root octo-, means "eight") and quintroon for one-sixteenth black. Governments of the time sometimes incorporated the terms in law, defining rights and restrictions. The use of such terminology is a characteristic of hypodescent, which is the practice within a society of assigning children of mixed unions to the ethnic group which the dominant group perceives as being subordinate. The racial designations refer specifically to the number of full-blooded African ancestors or equivalent, emphasizing the quantitative least, with quadroon signifying that a person has one-quarter black ancestry.
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octoroon
An octoroon is a person who is one-eighth black by descent, having seven Caucasian ancestors and one African ancestor. This term is primarily used to describe someone of mixed-race ancestry in the Americas, specifically during the era of slavery and racial segregation.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Octoroon
ok-tō-rōōn′, n. the offspring of a quadroon and a white person: one who has one-eighth negro blood. [L. octo, eight.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of octoroon in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of octoroon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- mulatoSpanish
- אוקטורוןHebrew
- oitavoPortuguese
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