octoroon

Meanings

Plural: octoroons

Noun

an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black
Someone having one-eighth black ancestry.
Someone having 1/64th black ancestry: the child of a quintoon and a white man.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish octorón, compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

Synonyms

mustee

Scrabble Score: 10

octoroon is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
octoroon is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
octoroon is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

octoroon is a valid Words With Friends word