octoroon
octoroon · octoroons
Someone having one-eighth black ancestrySomeone having one-eighth black ancestry.
Meaning
2 senses(dated, historical)Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
(dated, historical)Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).
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