octoroon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black

Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

The mongrels are the result of all kinds of mixtures; black and white, mulatto and white, quadroon and white, octoroon and white. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
Ten minutes later an octoroon house-girl, with dark Creole eyes, and bright ribbons in her hair, came in to remove the supper dishes. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore
They are octoroons and African half-bloods of various shades, but I fear we English think all foreigners are much the same so long as they are dark and dirty. — The wisdom of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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