Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
octoroon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
octoroon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
octoroon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is this where the word "octaroon" enters the parlance of the nation again?
I'm Confused 2008
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Ferguson Supreme Court decision, which ushered in the "separate but equal" Jim Crow laws), who was "one-eighth Negro" also called "octaroon") would find that out when he was expelled from a Whites Only car of a train, and because he dared to sue for his rights, we got legal segregation for his efforts.
"All That Yellow Wasted" Anxious Black Woman 2008
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It was racists like you who coined terms like “octaroon” to make it clear that being even an eigth black made you black.
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Heck, in Louisiana there was a whole vocabulary for the different "degrees" of blackness: octaroon, mulatto, etc.
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Homer Plessy of Plessy v Ferguson fame, though of fair complexion, was officially an “octaroon” in the eyes of that state.neurodocQuote
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Homer Plessy of Plessy v Ferguson fame, though of fair complexion, was officially an “octaroon” in the eyes of thatstate.
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If one were to move past the octaroon level to the “one drop” standard, one could keep some kids really busy not to mention well-fed getting in touch with their heritage.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judicial Discussion of Facts as Endorsement of Their Relevance: 2007
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In the antebellum South, when being an “octaroon” could be used to deprive one of the benefits of “whiteness.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judicial Discussion of Facts as Endorsement of Their Relevance: 2007
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Two hundered years later, and we have once again social benefits being handed out differentially on the basis of whether or not one is “pure white” or a “quadroon” or a “octaroon,” or some other fragment of the racist imagination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judicial Discussion of Facts as Endorsement of Their Relevance: 2007
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It almost reminds me of the old southern categories of black including “octaroon” and that sort of thing.
The Census Starts Debate on the New Racial Categories for 2010 2006
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