octoroon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”). === Noun === octoroon (plural octoroons) (dated or historical) Someone having one-eighth black ancestry. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:octoroon. (dated or historical) Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man. ==== Alternative forms ==== octaroon ==== Synonyms ==== mustee ==== Coordinate terms ==== (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto === See also ===