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Princeton's WordNet
quadroonnoun
an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
Wiktionary
quadroonnoun
A person of three-fourths Caucasian descent and one fourth African descent.
Etymology: Alteration of cuarterón, from cuarto, from quartus
Wikipedia
Quadroon
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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quadroon
A quadroon is a person who is of one-quarter African or Aboriginal ancestry, often born from one parent who is of mixed race and another who is white. The term, which is considered outdated and offensive, was historically used in the racial caste system in parts of the Americas, particularly in the United States during the slavery era.
Webster Dictionary
Quadroonnoun
the offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded
Etymology: [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.]
Wikidata
Quadroon
Quadroon, and the associated words octoroon and quintroon are terms that, historically, were applied to define the ancestry of people of mixed-race, generally of African and Caucasian ancestry, but also, within Australia, to those of Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry. The terms were used in law and government to provide a precise code of discrimination and the determination of rights. The use of such terminology is a characteristic of hypodescent, which is the practice within a society of assigning children of mixed union to the ethnic group which is perceived by the dominant group as being subordinate. The racial designations refer specifically to the number of full-blooded African ancestors, emphasizing the quantitative least, with quadroon signifying that a person has one-quarter black ancestry, etc.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quadroon
kwod-rōōn′, n. the offspring of a mulatto and a white person, one 'quarter-blooded.'—Also Quarteroon′. [Sp. cuarteron—cuarto, a fourth.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Quadroon
the name given to a person quarter-blooded, in particular the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
quadroon
[from L. quatuor, four]. The offspring of a mulatto woman and a white man.
Etymology and Origins
Quadroon
A Mulatto being half-blooded, like a mule, the offspring of such a woman by a white man is black-blooded to the degree of one-fourth.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quadroon in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quadroon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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