octoroon
/ok-tuh-roon/US // ˌɒk təˈrun //UK // (ˌɒktəˈruːn) //
鳄鱼人,鳄梨
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Older Use: Offensive.
- : a person having one-eighth Black ancestry, with one Black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
Examples
But once you get into octoroon territory, it holds far less mystique.
I have neglected to tell you that the mother hen is black, and struts with pompous pride above her white and octoroon subjects.
Vividly told, with a beautiful Octoroon as the central figure.
The face was that of an octoroon; her figure tall and full of dignity.
A pause and the tall figure of the octoroon crossed the white walk.
The mother of this man is an octoroon, who now resides with him at his home in the suburbs.
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