QUINTROONS

Noun

quintroons

plural of quintroon

Source: Wiktionary


QUINTROON

Quin*troon", n. [Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white.] (Ethnol.)

Definition: The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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