quadroon
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.qua·droon
noun \kwä-ˈdrün\Definition of QUADROON
: a person of one-quarter black ancestry
Origin of QUADROON
modification of Spanish cuarterón, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus — more at quart
First Known Use: 1707
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Rhymes with QUADROON
aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, monsoon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon
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