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QUADROON

• QUADROON (noun)
The noun QUADROON has 1 sense:

1. an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black

Familiarity information: QUADROON used as a noun is very rare.

• QUADROON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Quadroon" is a kind of...):

mixed-blood (a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races)

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