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REDSKIN
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• REDSKIN (noun)
The noun REDSKIN has 1 sense:
1. (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
Familiarity information: REDSKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
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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