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Octaroon

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n. Alternative spelling of octoroon.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See octoroon.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as octoroon.

Word Usage

"Ferguson Supreme Court decision, which ushered in the "separate but equal" Jim Crow laws), who was "one-eighth Negro" also called "octaroon") would find that out when he was expelled from a Whites Only car of a train, and because he dared to sue for his rights, we got legal segregation for his efforts."

Variant

octoroon