Red Indian

American  

noun

Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.

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Red Indian British  

noun

1. an old-fashioned name, now considered highly offensive, for Native American

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Etymology

Origin of Red Indian

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Making the dish even more remarkable is that Mr. Charles shot, skinned and butchered the moose himself just days earlier near Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2017

Prince Paul first won recognition with an equestrian statue�a Red Indian modeled from a "Buffalo Bill" Cody Wild West Show in Milan in 1894.

From Time Magazine Archive

The detailed accounts of the totems of the Australian, Red Indian and African tribes, now brought together by Sir J.G.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

But the analogy between a Scottish clan and an American totem-kin is close enough to justify Mr. Max Müller in speaking of Red Indian ‘clans.’

From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew

After some further search, but without meeting with any greater success, the party determined to proceed to the Red Indian Lake.

From Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, at St. John's, Newfoundland, on Monday, 17th January, 1859 by Noad, Joseph