octoroon

/ˌɑktəˈrun/
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Other forms: octoroons

Definitions of octoroon
  1. noun
    an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
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    type of:
    mixed-blood
    a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races
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