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quadroon
quadroon (kwəˈdruːn) Forms: α. 8 quarteron, (9 -oon), quatron, 8–9 -eron, 9 -roon. β. 8 quaderoon, 9 quadroon. [ad. Sp. cuarteron (hence F. quarteron), f. cuarto fourth, quarter; the mod. form may be due to assoc. with other words in quadr-.] 1. a. One who is the offspring of a white person and a mu... Oxford English Dictionary
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Quadroon
In the colonial societies of the Americas and Australia, a quadroon or quarteron was a person with one quarter African/Aboriginal and three quarters European Etymology The word quadroon was borrowed from the French quarteron and the Spanish cuarterón, both of which have their root in the Latin quartus, meaning wikipedia.org
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quateron
quateron obs. variant of quadroon. Oxford English Dictionary
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Cuarteron
Cuarteron may refer to: Quadroon Cuarteron Reef wikipedia.org
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quarteron
quarteron, -oon variants of quadroon. Oxford English Dictionary
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Plaçage
Quadroon Balls of Saint Domingue The origin of quadroon balls can be traced to the redoutes des filles de couleur in Cap-Français in the French colony (story) Quadroon – 1971 film following preparation of prostitutes for presentation at the annual Quadroon Ball set in 1835 New Orleans. wikipedia.org
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quatroon
quatron(e, quatroon varr. or obs. ff. quartern, quadroon. Oxford English Dictionary
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The Quadroons
The two main characters, Rosalie, a "quadroon", and her husband Edward, a "Georgian," are living together in "a marriage sanctioned by Heaven, though unrecognized Characters Rosalie, the "quadroon" of the title, is a young woman who can almost pass for white; she loves Edward knowing that she cannot marry him. wikipedia.org
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quintroon
quintroon rare. (ˈkwɪntruːn) Also quinteron, -oon. [ad. Sp. quinteron, f. quinto fifth.] One who is fifth in descent from a Negro (cf. quadroon 1 b), and has one-sixteenth of Negro blood.1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 796 note, The children of a white and quinteroon consider themselves as free from... Oxford English Dictionary
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Marabou (ethnicity)
However, Médéric-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry, in his three-volume work on the colony, describes Marabous as the product of the union of a black and a quadroon wikipedia.org
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terceroon
terceroon rare. (tɜːsəˈruːn) Also 8–9 terceron, 9 tierceroon. [a. Sp. *terceron, f. tercero a third person, f. tercio third: cf. cuarteron, quinteron.] The offspring of a white person and a mulatto, being third in descent from a Negro; = quadroon 1 a: see note there. (Distinguished from quadroon 1 b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sacatra
See also Mulatto Haitians Quadroon Octoroon Affranchi Gens de couleur Afro-Haitians Marabou References Multiracial affairs in the Caribbean Saint-Domingue wikipedia.org
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octoroon
octoroon (ɒktəˈruːn) [A non-etymological formation from L. octo eight, after quadroon (in which the suffix is -oon).] A person having one-eighth Negro blood; the offspring of a quadroon and a white; sometimes used of other mixed races.1861 D. Boucicault (title) The Octoroon. 1862 J. E. Cairnes Revol... Oxford English Dictionary
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Weldon W. Edwards
Described as a quadroon in a contemporary newspaper report, he was educated by missionaries. wikipedia.org
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metif
‖ metif (ˈmeɪtɪf, ˈmiːtɪf, ‖ metif) Also -iff. [F. métif, OF. mestif mongrel, ? derived from métis (see metis) with substitution of suffix.] The offspring of a white and a quadroon. Also attrib.1808 Pike Sources Mississ. (1895) II. 510 The hospitality and goodness of the Creoles and Metifs began to ... Oxford English Dictionary
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