quintoon

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A form of quintroon — The offspring of an octoroon (1/8 black) and a white person: 1/16 black.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounquintoon (plural quintoons)

plural quintoons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of quintroon.

    Quintoon: child of mustiphini and white male Unspeakable: child of mustiphini and white woman Octoroon: child of quintoon and white man Unspeakable: child of quintoon and white woman

    2005, Donald Harman Akenson, Irish History of Civilization, page 353
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