Added 7 October 2026
quadroon
/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/ noun
Latin root: quartus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quadroon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
adjective
- Of or related to quadroons.
Origin
From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.
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