| 单词 | quadroon |
| 释义 | quadroon[ kwo-droon ] / kwɒˈdrun / noun Older Use: Offensive.a person having one-fourth Black ancestry, with one Black grandparent; the offspring of a mulatto and a white person. Compare octoroon. Origin of quadroonFirst recorded in 1640–50; alteration of Spanish cuarterón, derivative of cuarto “a fourth,” from Latin quartus; see -oon Words nearby quadroonquadrisyllable, quadrivalent, quadrivial, quadrivium, quadrominium, quadroon, quadrophonics, quadru-, quadrumane, quadrumanous, quadrumvir Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for quadroonquadroon / (kwɒˈdruːn) / nounthe offspring of a Mulatto and a White person; a person who is one-quarter Black Word Origin for quadroonC18: from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto quarter, from Latin quartus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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