octoroon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• octaroon

[edit] Etymology

From octo- (“‘eight’”) + -roon, alteration of ending of cuarteron (“‘quadroon’”)

[edit] Noun

octoroon (plural octoroons)

1. someone having one-eighth black ancestry

[edit] See also

• quadroon