Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the West Indies, the child of a white person by one who has one sixteenth part of negro blood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word quintroon.
Examples
-
Quadroon, octoroon and, more rarely, quintroon ... and hexadecaroon. would come into play.
AMERICAN DIGEST 2009
-
The percentage of black heritage had different legal significance in different states over time, so it sometimes mattered whether you were a mulatto, a quadroon, an octoroon, or even a quintroon.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.