noun Download 🔗Share Someone having one-eighth black ancestry. Examples : "Although Sarah appeared white, historical records revealed that her great-grandparent was black, making her legally classified as an octoroon in that era. " race history person human family society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man. Examples : "Because Maria's great-great-great-grandmother was Black, making her a quintoon, and she had a child with a white man, her descendant, Sarah, would technically be classified as an octoroon. " race family person history society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading