'Quarteron' definitions:
Definition of 'Quarteron'
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- Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, n. [F. See Quartern.] A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Quarteron
Definition of 'Quarteron'
From: GCIDE
- Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, Quarteroon \Quar"ter*oon\, n. A quadroon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'quarteron'
From: GCIDE
- Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.] [1913 Webster]