Definition of "quadroon" []

• A person having one-quarter Black ancestry. See Usage Note at octoroon. (noun)

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• ""No: not half black, only a quarter -- what they call a quadroon in the"
• ""Ah, was it Miss Dumont's -- that is, the quadroon's servant.""
• "On the same evening, what was called a quadroon ball took place."