quadroon

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent. dated,historical
    — There were slow boys and bashful boys, feeble boys and riotous boys, boys that lisped and boys that stuttered, one or two lame ones, and a merry little quadroon, who could not be taken in elsewhere, but who was welcome to the ‘Bhaer-garten’, though some people predicted that his admission would ruin the school.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or related to quadroons. dated,historical,not-comparable
    — Before them, with her face upraised, In timid attitude, Like one half curious, half amazed, A Quadroon maiden stood.

词形变化

quadroons plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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