quarteron

English

Noun

quarteron (plural quarterons)

1. Obsolete form of quadroon.
2. (obsolete) A quarter; especially, a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.

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Anagrams

• no quarter

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish cuarterón.

Noun

quarteron m (plural quarterons, feminine quarteronne)

1. quadroon

Etymology 2

From quartier +‎ -on

Noun

quarteron m (plural quarterons)

1. quarter of a pound

Anagrams

• arqueront, raqueront, tronquera

Further reading

• “quarteron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.