quadroon

Etymology
From, from + , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
 * 2) * 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter V, p. 63; Chapter VIII, p. 120
 * Diana was a black quadroon, her father being a blackfellow. He was the father of four quadroons who were regarded as half-castes because the lighter part of their mother's blood was Asiatic, and he was only too well aware of what their future would be should he desert them.
 * Diana was a black quadroon, her father being a blackfellow. He was the father of four quadroons who were regarded as half-castes because the lighter part of their mother's blood was Asiatic, and he was only too well aware of what their future would be should he desert them.

Usage notes
In Latin America, originally concerned with people considered one-fourth Native American but, in US contexts, chiefly used with regard to people considered one-fourth black. In Australia, chiefly used for those regarded as one-fourth aboriginal.

Coordinate terms

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Adjective

 * 1)  Of or related to quadroons.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: квартерон
 * Catalan: quarteró, quarterona
 * Danish: kvadron
 * French:
 * German: Quarterone, Quarteronin
 * Ido: quaterona
 * Spanish: ,