Results for quadroon

Definitions of quadroon:

part of speech: noun

The offspring of a mulatto and a white person.

part of speech: noun

In Amer., the offspring of a mulatto and a white person.

part of speech: noun

A person having one- fourth negro blood; the child of a mulatto and a white person.

Usage examples for quadroon:

• 4. Mestis- Quadroon and white. "The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies", Robert Gordon Latham

• One dark- eyed, handsome, even refined appearing girl, who kept quite by herself, was detected as being a quadroon "Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia", Maturin M. Ballou

• Before them, with her face upraised, In timid attitude, Like one half curious, half amazed, A Quadroon maiden stood. "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• She is a quadroon girl about eighteen years old, with an oval face and a mass of fine dark hair, neatly done up. "Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis", Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma