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red man

Archaic a North American Indian

[see redskin]

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Noun

red man - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans

Injun, Redskin

derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

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American Indian argot cant depreciation derogation disparagement Indian Injun jargon lingo patois red Red Indian redskin slang vernacular			While he was in Egypt, in the desert not far away from Syria, the Red Man had appeared to him on the mountain of Moses, in order to say, The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context Such were the sounds amid which the language of the red man had been formed; and they were still heard to echo in it. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context If the fellow should prove false it would profit Gahan nothing to slay him, since without his guidance the red man might never hope to retrace his way to the tower and freedom. The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			red haw red heat red helleborine red herring red hind RED HORSE red hot Red Indian red ink Red Jacket red jungle fowl red juniper red kangaroo red kauri red kowhai red lauan red lauan tree red laver red lead Red lead ore red light red line Red liquor Red maggot red maids red man Red manganese red maple red marrow red meat red mist Red mite red mordant red morning-glory red mulberry red mullet red ned Red Notice red oak red ocher red ochre red onion Red orpiment red osier red osier dogwood red packet red panda red pepper Red perch red periwinkle red phalarope			Red Lion Area School District Red Lion Felton Band Red Lion High School Red Lips Red liquor Red liquor Red List Authority Red List of Threatened Animals Red Lithuanian Cattle red loam Red lobelia Red Lobster Red locust Red locust Red Lodge High School Red Lodge Music Festival Red Lodge Nordic Center Red Lored Amazon Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Communications Ltd. Red Low Red Mage Red maggot red magnetism red maids red maids red maids Red Main Red Main Red Main Red Main red man Red man syndrome Red man syndrome Red man syndrome Red man's syndrome Red man's syndrome Red man's syndrome Red manganese red mange red mange red mange Red mangrove red maple red maple red maple Red marine algae Red marine algae red marrow red marrow red marrow Red Mason Bee red meat red meat Red Meat Construction Set Red Meat Industry Forum Red Meat Research and Development Trust of South Africa red meats red meats red men red mercury sulfide red metal

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