quintoon

English

Noun

quintoon (plural quintoons)

  1. (obsolete) The child of a mustiphini (1/16 black) with a white person, being 1/32 black.
    • 2005 Donald Harman Akenson Irish History of Civilization page 353
      Quintoon: child of mustiphini and white male
      Unspeakable: child of mustiphini and white woman
      Octoroon: child of quintoon and white man
      Unspeakable: child of quintoon and white woman

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