'Quarteroon' definitions:
Definition of 'Quarteroon'
- Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, Quarteroon \Quar"ter*oon\, n.
A quadroon.
[1913 Webster]
Definition of 'quarteroon'
- 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]
