"quadroon" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|cuarterón||¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo}} Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), {{m|es|cuarto||one-fourth}} cuarto (“one-fourth”), {{m|es|-on||-oon: forming related nouns}} -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), {{der|en|la|quartus||one-fourth}} Latin quartus (“one-fourth”), {{doublet|en|cuarteron}} Doublet of cuarteron Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quadroon (not comparable)
  1. (dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons. Tags: dated, historical, not-comparable Categories (topical): Racism Translations (three fourths Caucasian and one fourth African in descent): квартерон (kvarteron) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quarteró [masculine] (Catalan), quarterona [feminine] (Catalan), kvadron [common-gender] (Danish), quarteron (French), Quarterone [masculine] (German), Quarteronin [feminine] (German), quaterona (Ido), cuarterón [masculine] (Spanish), cuarterona [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quadroon-en-adj-PPHONf2w Disambiguation of Racism: 52 48 Categories (other): American English, Multiracial Disambiguation of American English: 51 49 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 50 50

Noun

Forms: quadroons [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|cuarterón||¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo}} Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), {{m|es|cuarto||one-fourth}} cuarto (“one-fourth”), {{m|es|-on||-oon: forming related nouns}} -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), {{der|en|la|quartus||one-fourth}} Latin quartus (“one-fourth”), {{doublet|en|cuarteron}} Doublet of cuarteron Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadroon (plural quadroons)
  1. (dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent. Tags: dated, historical Categories (topical): Four, People, Racism Coordinate_terms: quarter-caste Coordinate_terms (person of mixed race): mulatto
    Sense id: en-quadroon-en-noun-Mc509WP6 Disambiguation of Four: 25 75 Disambiguation of People: 11 89 Disambiguation of Racism: 52 48 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Multiracial Disambiguation of American English: 51 49 Disambiguation of Australian English: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 50 50

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