| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quadroon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | quad·roon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw -dr n |
| NOUN: | A person having one-quarter Black ancestry. See Usage Note at octoroon. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto, quarter, from Latin qu rtus. See kwetwer- in Appendix I.
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