quadroon

n. 夸德隆(指有四分之一黑人血统的人), 四分之一杂交种

发音

/kwɑːˈdɹuːn/

词形变化

quadroons 复数 quadroons

别名

quarteron quarteroon quateron quatroon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.

    过时 历史

    Diana was a black quadroon, her father being a blackfellow. He was the father of four quadroons who were regarded as half-castes because the lighter part of their mother's blood was Asiatic, and he was only too well aware of what their future would be should he desert them.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or related to quadroons.

    过时 历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

mixed-blood

词源

From Spanish cuarterón (“¾ white, a child of a European and a mestizo”), from cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -on (“-oon: forming related nouns”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuarteron.

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