Octaroon

Word OCTAROON
Character 8
Hyphenation oc ta roon
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Octaroon"

What do we mean by octaroon?

Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.

Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.

Someone who is blessed with an exceptionally large penis. Following the common preconception that black men have large penis', this would refer to the penis being the one eighth of a person that is of black ancestry. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is 1/8 black. Urban Dictionary

Offspring of quadroon and caucasian Urban Dictionary

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The word "octaroon" in example sentences

Is this where the word "octaroon" enters the parlance of the nation again? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ferguson Supreme Court decision, which ushered in the "separate but equal" Jim Crow laws), who was "one-eighth Negro" also called "octaroon") would find that out when he was expelled from a Whites Only car of a train, and because he dared to sue for his rights, we got legal segregation for his efforts. ❋ Anxious Black Woman (2008)

It was racists like you who coined terms like “octaroon” to make it clear that being even an eigth black made you black. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heck, in Louisiana there was a whole vocabulary for the different "degrees" of blackness: octaroon, mulatto, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Homer Plessy of Plessy v Ferguson fame, though of fair complexion, was officially an “octaroon” in the eyes of that state.neurodocQuote ❋ Unknown (2009)

Homer Plessy of Plessy v Ferguson fame, though of fair complexion, was officially an “octaroon” in the eyes of thatstate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If one were to move past the octaroon level to the “one drop” standard, one could keep some kids really busy not to mention well-fed getting in touch with their heritage. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the antebellum South, when being an “octaroon” could be used to deprive one of the benefits of “whiteness.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Two hundered years later, and we have once again social benefits being handed out differentially on the basis of whether or not one is “pure white” or a “quadroon” or a “octaroon,” or some other fragment of the racist imagination. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It almost reminds me of the old southern categories of black including “octaroon” and that sort of thing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The south as you recall, brought us such terms as quadroons (1/4 black) and octaroon (1/8 black), etc. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So, to sum up: maroon and the permutaions thereof and octaroon. ❋ Rogers (2005)

It was the octaroon who caught their attention when he looked down at the food and made a sly remark about a sow's ear and a silk purse, and then winked at them gravely before picking up his silverware. ❋ Unknown (2003)

After the two old hired guns took a place they were joined by a whiskey drummer from El Paso and a smartly dressed octaroon who looked to be either a pimp or a gambler. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He knew she was already as good as dead, and unlike the octaroon, he had no need to make her suffer unnecessary humiliations. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The octaroon had counted on being able to ambush Nighthorse's men in Palo Duro, and he'd hinted at some obscure advantage, but nothing was that easy. ❋ Unknown (2003)

[If you want] to know why we call [Blake] octaroon, you'll have to [ask him] to show you. ❋ Manuel Tendo (2008)

That girl looks real [exotic], is she [spanish] Maybe she's an [octaroon]. ❋ Fatassmuffinman (2003)

[Light skinned] [negro]. ❋ Roy (2003)

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