RED INDIAN Definition & Meaning

Red Indian

noun

Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.

Red Indian

noun

an old-fashioned name, now considered highly offensive, for Native American

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Red Indian¹

First recorded in 1825–35

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Red Indian¹

see _redskin

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It was an old-school, simplified version of the Western myth, with the native Americans, known as Red Indians, always being the bad guys.

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One night more and then another I camp out like a Red Indian.

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“You will not behave like a Red Indian, Michael,” she said, loosening his hold.

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Making the dish even more remarkable is that Mr. Charles shot, skinned and butchered the moose himself just days earlier near Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland.

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Everybody went bright brown, like Red Indians, with startling teeth and flashing eyes.

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Rediffusion redingote

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