octoroonn.

Brit.

/ˌɒktəˈruːn/, U.S.

/ˌɑktəˈrun/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octo , quadroon n.

Etymology: < classical Latin octo eight (see octo- comb. form) + -roon (in quadroon n.; compare -oon suffix). Compare earlier octoon n., and also earlier quintroon n.

offensive.

A person who is by descent seven-eighths white and one-eighth black; a person with seven white great-grandparents and one black great-grandparent. Sometimes used loosely. Cf. quadroon n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person

mulatto1591

mulat1678

mustee1699

quadroon1707

quintroon1769

terceroon1772

blue skin1788

metif1805

musteefinoa1818

Morisco1819

octoon1840

griff1850

octoroon1854

Conchy Joe1888

mustard seed1926

1854 Anti-slavery Bugle 14 Jan. 1/3 Where do all the mulattoes, quadroons, octoroons, &c., of southern states, come from, if white gentlemen are so anxious to keep their Teutonic blood pure?

1861 D. Boucicault Octoroon ii. 17 I'm an Octoroon.

1862 J. E. Cairnes Revol. Amer. 17 The mulattoes, quadroons and octoroons..who now form so large a proportion of the whole enslaved population of the South.

1891 Times 8 Jan. 9/3 The mulatto, the quadroon, and the octoroon are chiefly products of the slavery period.

1936 C. P. Conigrave N. Austral. 120 Every gradation of skin colour from the veriest pale-faced octoroon to the half-caste who is almost as dark as the full-blood.

1994 Sunday Tel. 11 Dec. (Review section) 11/1 Russia's national poet was..a sort of Slav octoroon: a great-grandfather..was a black African.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	octoroon
释义	octoroonn. Brit. /ˌɒktəˈruːn/, U.S. /ˌɑktəˈrun/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin octo , quadroon n. Etymology: < classical Latin octo eight (see octo- comb. form) + -roon (in quadroon n.; compare -oon suffix). Compare earlier octoon n., and also earlier quintroon n. offensive. A person who is by descent seven-eighths white and one-eighth black; a person with seven white great-grandparents and one black great-grandparent. Sometimes used loosely. Cf. quadroon n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person mulatto1591 mulat1678 mustee1699 quadroon1707 quintroon1769 terceroon1772 blue skin1788 metif1805 musteefinoa1818 Morisco1819 octoon1840 griff1850 octoroon1854 Conchy Joe1888 mustard seed1926 1854 Anti-slavery Bugle 14 Jan. 1/3 Where do all the mulattoes, quadroons, octoroons, &c., of southern states, come from, if white gentlemen are so anxious to keep their Teutonic blood pure? 1861 D. Boucicault Octoroon ii. 17 I'm an Octoroon. 1862 J. E. Cairnes Revol. Amer. 17 The mulattoes, quadroons and octoroons..who now form so large a proportion of the whole enslaved population of the South. 1891 Times 8 Jan. 9/3 The mulatto, the quadroon, and the octoroon are chiefly products of the slavery period. 1936 C. P. Conigrave N. Austral. 120 Every gradation of skin colour from the veriest pale-faced octoroon to the half-caste who is almost as dark as the full-blood. 1994 Sunday Tel. 11 Dec. (Review section) 11/1 Russia's national poet was..a sort of Slav octoroon: a great-grandfather..was a black African. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1854
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