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blood quantum

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
blood- quan-tum
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans.

American usage; Offensive

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

blood quantums (plural) blood quanta (plural)

Questions

What does blood quantum mean?
The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans.

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