Octoroon - English meaning

Octoroon – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A person who is one-eighth black by descent.
Usage examples:
He has no trouble referring to ‘full-bloods’, ‘half-castes’, ‘octoroons’.

八月龙, 黑人血统有八

Oktober, Één achtste neger

Octobre

Oktorun

ऑक्टोरून, ओक्टरन

Ottomano

흑백 혼혈아

Окторун, Цветной

Mulato

Word origin

mid 19th century: from octo- ‘eight’, on the pattern of quadroon .

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noun
A person who is one-eighth black by descent.
Usage examples:
He has no trouble referring to ‘full-bloods’, ‘half-castes’, ‘octoroons’.

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