octoroon
[ ok-tuh-roon ]
/ ˌɒk təˈrun /
noun Older Use: Offensive.
a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
Origin of octoroon
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60;
octo- +
(quad)roon
Words nearby octoroon
octomerous,
octometer,
octonary,
octopod,
octopus,
octoroon,
octosyllabic,
octosyllable,
octroi,
octuple,
octuplet
British Dictionary definitions for octoroon
octoroon
octaroon
/ (ˌɒktəˈruːn) /
noun
a person having one quadroon and one White parent and therefore having one-eighth Black blood
Compare quadroon
Word Origin for octoroon
C19:
octo- +
-roon as in
quadroon