Quadroon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kwɑːˈdɹuːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quadroon is a noun meaning (dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
Meaning
(dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
More Meanings
- (dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons.
Example Sentences
The quadroon girl is sold at the auction-stand, the drunkard nods by the bar-room stove, […]
Before them, with her face upraised, In timid attitude, Like one half curious, half amazed, A Quadroon maiden stood.
"What need you getting drunk, then, and cutting up, Prue?" said a spruce quadroon chambermaid, dangling, as she spoke, a pair of coral ear-drops.
There were slow boys and bashful boys, feeble boys and riotous boys, boys that lisped and boys that stuttered, one or two lame ones, and a merry little quadroon, who could not be taken in elsewhere, but who was welcome to the ‘Bhaer-garten’, though some people predicted that his admission would ruin the school.
Word Forms
- quadroons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quatroon, quarteroon, quateron, quarteron, quinteroon, quinteron.
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