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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 994 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OCTOROON, or OCTAROON (from
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Lat. octo, eight, formed on the example of
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quadroon)  , the offspring of a
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quadroon and a
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white; a
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person having one-eighth
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negro
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blood . In rare instances such persons are called tercerons, as being third in descent from a negro ancestor . Occasionally persons are called octoroons when the non-white
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element is not negro but some other coloured blood .

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