Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, n. [F. See {Quartern}.] A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Quarteron
Quarteron \Quar"ter*on\, Quarteroon \Quar"ter*oon\, n. A quadroon. [1913 Webster]
Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.] [1913 Webster]