Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Red Indian; a North American Indian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. It is now considered pejorative by some persons of North American Indian heritage.
- noun (Football) A member of the Washington Redskins, a football team.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative, politically incorrect, ethnic slur An
American Indian ,Red Indian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
Etymologies
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Examples
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Colonists used scalping to prove they had killed an Indian for bounty which is where the term "redskin" came from - and why they deem the Washingon Redskins so negatively
digg.com: Top News 2011
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Probably becuase the term redskin has nothing to do with skin color but rather the red buckskin worn by indian warriors before going to battle??
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34 Their media guide—on page 272, no less—reads that “the term redskin... was inspired not by their natural complexion but by their fondness for vermillion makeup.”
Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010
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34 Their media guide—on page 272, no less—reads that “the term redskin... was inspired not by their natural complexion but by their fondness for vermillion makeup.”
Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010
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34 Their media guide—on page 272, no less—reads that “the term redskin... was inspired not by their natural complexion but by their fondness for vermillion makeup.”
Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010
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34 Their media guide—on page 272, no less—reads that “the term redskin... was inspired not by their natural complexion but by their fondness for vermillion makeup.”
Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010
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The name redskin was never intended to be a word to honor Native Americans.
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We didn't view the name redskin as a negative thing - although I can understand the term would be considered offensive.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local WhoGnu 2010
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We didn't view the name redskin as a negative thing - although I can understand the term would be considered offensive.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local WhoGnu 2010
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We didn't view the name redskin as a negative thing - although I can understand the term would be considered offensive.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local WhoGnu 2010
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