Quadron vs. Quadroon — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Quadron and Quadroon
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Definitions
Quadron
Quadron is a Los Angeles-based Danish duo consisting of singer Coco O. and musician/producer Robin Hannibal. The group considers their genre "electronic soul music".
Quadroon
In the slave societies of the Americas, a quadroon or quarteron was a person with one quarter African and three quarters European ancestry. Similar classifications were octoroon for one-eighth black (Latin root octo-, means "eight") and hexadecaroon for one-sixteenth black.
Quadroon
A person having white ancestors except for one black grandparent. Used especially as a classification under certain European colonial legal systems and now considered offensive.
Quadroon
A person considered three-fourths white, having one non-white grandparent.
Quadroon
Of or related to quadroons.
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Quadroon
The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadroon
An offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black