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quadroon

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quadroon /kwɒˈdruːn /
▸ noun dated, or offensive a person who is one-quarter black by descent.
– ORIGIN early 18th century (earlier as quarteron): via French from Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto ‘quarter’, from Latin quartus; later assimilated to words beginning with quadri-.