quadroon

Noun

An outdated term for a person of one-quarter Black ancestry.
an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.

Adj

Of or related to quadroons.

Examples

QUADROON, though archaic, was a valid word for a high score.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 18

quadroon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
quadroon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quadroon: not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

quadroon: valid Words With Friends Word