Quarteron

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, n. [F. See {Quartern}.]
     A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a
     hundred. --Piers Plowman.
     [1913 Webster] Quarteron

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, Quarteroon \Quar"ter*oon\, n.
     A quadroon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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