Associations to the word «Quadroon»

Wiktionary

QUADROON, noun. (dated) A person of three-fourths Caucasian descent and one fourth African descent.
QUADROON, adjective. (dated) Having three-fourths Caucasian descent and one-fourth African descent.

Dictionary definition

QUADROON, noun. An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan