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REDSKIN

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Overview

REDSKIN (noun)
  The noun REDSKIN has 1 sense:

1. (slang) offensive term for Native Americansplay

  Familiarity information: REDSKIN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


REDSKIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(slang) offensive term for Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Injun; red man; Redskin

Hypernyms ("Redskin" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))


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