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octoroon的意思

octoroon

基本解释

n. 有八分之一黑人血统的混血儿

中文词源

octoroon 八分之一黑人血统的混血儿

octa-,八,-oon,大词后缀,词源同quadroon.

英文词源

octoroon (n.)
1861, irregular formation from Latin octo "eight" (see eight) + suffix abstracted from quadroon (in which the suffix actually is -oon). Offspring of a quadroon and a white; so called for having one-eighth Negro blood.