quadroon noun. [kwɒ'dru:n] Orig. quarteron. E18.
[Spanish cuarterón (through French quarteron) quarter. Later assim. to words in quadr-: see -OON.]
1. A person having one quarter black blood. Also (rare), a person fourth in descent from a black person, one in each generation being white. E18.
■ E. Mittelholzer Katrina is fair and has lovely wavy brown hair. She must be a quadroon.

2. transf. The offspring resulting from any similar admixture of blood, or from crossing certain animals. E19.

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