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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...
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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
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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.
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quatroon
quatron(e, quatroon varr. or obs. ff. quartern, quadroon.
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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.
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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...
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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
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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...
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See also
Mulatto Haitians
Quadroon
Octoroon
Affranchi
Gens de couleur
Afro-Haitians
Marabou
References
Multiracial affairs in the Caribbean
Saint-Domingue
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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...
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Weldon W. Edwards
Described as a quadroon in a contemporary newspaper report, he was educated by missionaries.
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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 ...
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