Quarteron
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noun.
A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
noun.
A quadroon.
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noun.
Obsolete form of
quadroon
.
Word Usage
"Larger quantities were sold au cent, but this “hundred of cod” was 132 codfish; a quarteron of that unit was 33 cod."
Equivalent
quarteroon
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
quadroon
quarter