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red·skin
(rĕd′skĭn′)n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.
[Originally a translation of 18th-century Mississippi Valley French Peau Rouge, Native American person (peau, skin + rouge, red), a translation of non-deprecatory Native American self-designations such as Fox meeshkwinameshkaata, literally, "one having red skin" : meshkw-, red + -i-nameshk-, skin + -aa-, to have + -ta, participle suffix (used in opposition to designations of persons of European origin as waapeshkinameshkaata, "one having white skin" : waapeshk-, white + -i-nameshk-, skin + -aa-, to have + -ta, participle suffix).]
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redskin
(ˈrɛdˌskɪn)n
1. (Languages) an old-fashioned informal name, now highly offensive, for a Native American
2. (Peoples) an old-fashioned informal name, now highly offensive, for a Native American
[C17: so called because one particular tribe, the now extinct Beothuks of Newfoundland, painted themselves with red ochre]
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red•skin
(ˈrɛdˌskɪn)n.
usage: This term is rarely used today. It is perceived as insulting to Native Americans.
—n. Older Use: Offensive. American Indian.
[1690–1700]
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| Noun | 1. |  Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americansjargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
redskin
[ˈrɛdskɪn] n (offensive) → Peau-Rouge mfRed Square n (in Moscow) → place f Rougered squirrel n → écureuil m rouxred tape n → bureaucratie f tatillonne, paperasserie fred-top [ˈrɛdtɒp] n (British) (= tabloid newspaper) → tabloïd mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
red
(red) noun, adjective1. (of) the colour of blood. a red car/dress / cheeks; red cheeks; a red car/dress / cheeks; Her eyes were red with crying.
2. (of hair or fur) (of) a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown.
3. (a) communist. Red China; A lot of his university friends are Reds.
the Red Army the army of the former USSR.
ˈredden verb1. to make or become red or redder. to redden the lips with lipstick.
2. to blush. She reddened as she realized her mistake.
ˈreddish adjective slightly red. reddish hair.
ˈredness nounˈredcurrant noun
a type of garden bush grown for its small red fruit.
ˈredhead noun a person with red hair.
red herring1. something that leads people away from the main point in a discussion.
2. a false clue or line of enquiry.
ˌred-ˈhot adjective (of metal etc) so hot that it is glowing red. red-hot steel; This iron is red-hot.
Red Indian a North American Indian.
red-letter day a day which will always be remembered because of something especially good that happened on it.
red tape annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations.
be in the red to be in debt.
catch red-handed to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong. The police caught the thief red-handed.
see red to become angry. When he started criticizing my work, I really saw red.
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