Meaning of OCTOROON
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[n] an offspring of a Quadroon and a White parent; a person who is one-eighth Black |
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OCTOROON is a 8 letter word that starts with O. |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Oc`to*roon"\, n. [L. octo eight + -roon, as in
quadroon.]
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.
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| | Related Terms: | | Cape Colored, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbreed, Eurasian, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, ladino, liger, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mulatto, mule, mustee, plumcot, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo, tigon, zebrass, zebrule |
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