octoroon

n. 有八分之一黑人血统的混血儿 [医] 八分混种, 八分杂种

词形变化

octoroons 复数 octoroons

别名

octaroon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.

    过时 历史
  2. 2.

    Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.

    过时 历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

mixed-blood

词源

Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

来源：wiktionary