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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadroon  \Quad*roon"\,  n.  [F.  quarteron,  or  Sp  cuarteron.  See 
  {Quarter}  a  fourth  part  and  cf  {Quarteron}.] 
  The  offspring  of  a  mulatto  and  a  white  person;  a  person 
  quarter-blooded.  [Written  also  {quarteron},  {quarteroon},  and 
  {quateron}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Quadroon 
  n  :  an  offspring  of  a  Mulatto  and  a  White  parent;  a  person  who 
  is  one-quarter  Black  [syn:  {Quadroon}] 




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