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redskin

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛdskɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɛdˌskɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(red′skin′)

red•skin /ˈrɛdˌskɪn/USA pronunciation n. [Offensive.]

Language Varieties, Slang TermsAmerican Indian.

red•skin (red′skin′),USA pronunciation n. Slang (often disparaging and offensive).

Slang Termsa North American Indian.

red¹ + skin 1690–1700, American.

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redskin /ˈrɛdˌskɪn/ n

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

Etymology: 17th Century: so called because one particular tribe, the now extinct Beothuks of Newfoundland, painted themselves with red ochre

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man refers to who {that stoic,redskin interlude which our schools introduce between the fast-flowing tears of the child and the man}
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