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octoroon

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Definitions

  1. an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

Used in a sentence

  • There would have been no legal barrier to their union; there would have been no frightful menace to white supremacy in the marriage of the negro and the octoroon: the drop of dark blood bridged the chasm.
  • Grandmother Baxter was a quadroon or an octoroon, or in any case she was nearly white.
  • That's Balthios, the octoroon great grandson of Lebron James. He doesn't like to talk about himself, but he's a good guy.

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