Quarteroon

Acceptable For Game Play - UK word list

This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

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  • n. Obsolete form of quadroon.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as quadroon.
    • Word Usage
    "The child of a white man by a mulatto woman was called a quarteroon, -- the second degree; from a white father and a quarteroon mother was born the male tierceroon, -- the third degree; the union of a white man with a female tierceroon produced the metif, -- the fourth degree of color."
     
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