Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the West Indies, the child of a white person by one who has one sixteenth part of negro blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.

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  • Quadroon, octoroon and, more rarely, quintroon ... and hexadecaroon. would come into play.

    AMERICAN DIGEST 2009

  • The percentage of black heritage had different legal significance in different states over time, so it sometimes mattered whether you were a mulatto, a quadroon, an octoroon, or even a quintroon.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

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