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QUADROON (a corruption of quarteroon, Span. cuarteron, from cuarto, See also: person having one-See also: fourth See also: negro See also: blood, the offspring of a mulatto and a See also: white
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See also: children of a mulatto and a negro are called in See also: America zambos or sambos (possibly from Span. zambro, See also: Lat. scambus, See also: bow-legged), and the use of Sambo as a proper name for a black servant may have thus originated
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