quadroon

Meaning

Noun

A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.

Adj

Of or related to quadroons.

Synonyms

griffe

Translations

cuarterón

quarteron

sangue misto

quarteronne

cuarterona

quarteró

dörtte bir zenci melezi

Terzone

quarteron-ne

Etymology

From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.