quadroon

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwɑːˈdɹuːn/ === Noun === quadroon (plural quadroons) (dated, chiefly historical) A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent. 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter V, p. 63; Chapter VIII, p. 120 [1] Diana was a black quadroon, her father being a blackfellow.He was the father of four quadroons who were regarded as half-castes because the lighter part of their mother's blood was Asiatic, and he was only too well aware of what their future would be should he desert them. ==== Usage notes ==== In Latin America, originally concerned with people considered one-fourth Native American but, in US contexts, chiefly used with regard to people considered one-fourth black. In Australia, chiefly used for those regarded as one-fourth aboriginal. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (person of mixed race): See mulatto quarter-caste === Adjective === quadroon (not comparable) (dated, chiefly historical) Of or related to quadroons. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Noun === quadroon c (plural quadronen, diminutive quadroontje n) alternative form of quadrone