Octoroon Definition

ŏktə-ro͝on
noun
A person who has one black great-grandparent; child of a quadroon and a white.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Octoroon

Noun

Singular:
octoroon
Plural:
octoroons

Origin of Octoroon

  • From octo- (“eight") + -roon, alteration of ending of cuarterón (“quadroon")

    From Wiktionary

  • octo– (quad)roon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

OOCOCT

Words Ending With

NONOON

Unscrambles

octoroon

Words Starting With O and Ending With N

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With O8 Letter Words Ending With N