Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used as a disparaging term for an Arab or other person from a culture in which cloth headdresses such as keffiyehs or turbans are worn.

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  • noun pejorative, slang A Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or member of any group that traditionally wears headdress such as a turban, keffiyeh or headscarf.

Etymologies

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rag +‎ head

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Examples

  • Prince Harry used the term raghead to mean Taliban or Iraqi insurgent.

    CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2009 2009

  • Prince Harry used the term raghead to mean Taliban or Iraqi insurgent, and it's not the first time he's had to say he's sorry for offending people.

    CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2009 2009

  • The term raghead is racially motivated and offensive as hell.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • The term raghead is racially motivated and offensive as hell.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • KAYE: The royal family did not apologize for the word raghead, but instead tried to explain it away.

    CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2009 2009

  • No matter if it be Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria … no blood sucking baby killing camel raping moon god worshiping raghead is safe from the long arm of American justice.

    Think Progress » Brzezinski: Air Strike on Iran Could ‘Merit the Impeachment of the President’ 2006

  • Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.

    WTVM - 1- WTVM Home 2010

  • Shortly after those accusations, Haley also had to face being called a "raghead" -- a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent -- by one opponent's backer.

    CBS 13 Recipes Videos 2010

  • Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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  • Citation (in the sense of a sideshow swami) on grouchbag.

    June 30, 2012