REDSKIN

Redskin, Injun, red man

(noun) (slang) offensive term for Native Americans

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

redskin (plural redskins)

(now, sometimes, considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An American Indian, a Native American.

Usage notes

Previously used neutrally, the word began to be used as a term of contempt in the late 1800s; it is now often considered offensive.

Synonyms

• red man

• see Native American

Etymology 2

Noun

redskin (plural redskins)

(anarchism, communism) An anticapitalist skinhead.

• The above is the coat of arms of the Red & Anarchist Skinheads, a left‐wing splinter of the SHARP group, formed in 1993. It grew out of influences from the redskin culture in England.

Anagrams

• drinkes, kinreds

Source: Wiktionary

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Red"skin` (-skn`), n.

Definition: A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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