Octoroon
Word | OCTOROON |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | oc to roon |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Octoroon"
What do we mean by octoroon?
A person having white ancestors except for one black great-grandparent. Used especially as a classification under certain European colonial legal systems and now considered offensive. noun
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a person having one eighth negro blood. noun
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee. noun
Someone having one-eighth black ancestry noun
An offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black noun
Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.
A person having one-eighth black ancestry; the offspring of a quadroon and a white Urban Dictionary
Human being of 1/8 african-american origin. Urban Dictionary
Americans of mixed ancestry. Mixed European/African Americans who appear European. Many are considered Caucasian of European background, who are in fact of mixed European and African ancestry (albeit 2-3 generations past). Rarely mistaken for "Spanish". Whom are clearly mixed with Spanish/African/Indian Urban Dictionary
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