"quintroon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quintroons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinterón (“offspring of a quadroon and a white person”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|quinterón||offspring of a quadroon and a white person}} Borrowed from Spanish quinterón (“offspring of a quadroon and a white person”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} quintroon (plural quintroons)
  1. (dated) The offspring of an octoroon (1/8 black) and a white person: 1/16 black. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-quintroon-en-noun-k5kHT4ZE
  2. (dated) The offspring of a mustiphini (1/16 black) and a white person: 1/32 black. Tags: dated Coordinate_terms (person of mixed race): list in mulatto
    Sense id: en-quintroon-en-noun-Rh46f3wE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'person of mixed race': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quinteron, quinteroon, quintoon Related terms: mestizo, metis, mongrel, negress, negro

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Alternative forms

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