Definitions for octoroons

octoroons oc·to·roon

Spelling: [ok-tuh-roon]
IPA: /ˌɒk təˈrun/

Octoroons is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in octoroons (cnoooorst).

Definitions for octoroons

noun

  1. a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.

Origin of octoroons

An Americanism dating back to 1855-60; octo- + (quad)roon

Examples for octoroons

Nalle is an octoroon; his wife has the same infusion of Caucasian blood.

Until the stranger was close upon the octoroon, I had not seen him.

"He was bleeding to death; unless he has care he'll die," said the octoroon woman.

There was the fire in Theatre Royal, after the play of the "octoroon."

"That's just what I thought," replied the octoroon, who had entirely cooled off.

This girl is not the daughter of the octoroon woman, Suzanne.

The octoroon struggled to escape, but the mate and Buck held him tight.

The engineer at once relinquished his hold on the octoroon, and stood up.

But once you get into octoroon territory, it holds far less mystique.

Vividly told, with a beautiful octoroon as the central figure.

Word Value for octoroons
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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