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octoroon

/ok-tuh-roon/US // ˌɒk təˈrun //UK // (ˌɒktəˈruːn) //

鳄鱼人,鳄梨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.