quadroon in English
noun
1
a person who is one-quarter black by descent.
For example, censuses from 1850 through 1890 and again in 1910 and 1920 included one or more black racial subcategories, such as black, mulatto, quadroon , and octoroon.
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1. Many terms exist for people of various multiracial backgrounds, including multiracial, Biracial, multiethnic, polyethnic, Métis, Creole, Muwallad, mulatto, Colored, Dougla, half-caste, mestizo, Melungeon, quadroon, sambo/zambo, Eurasian, hapa, hāfu, Garifuna, pardo and Guran.