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

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Red Indian

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

So it is nothing more than a most unconventional form of tent, not altogether unlike the wigwam of the Red Indian, or the dwelling of many other nomadic people.

From Peeps at Many Lands: Norway by A. Heaton (Alfred Heaton) Cooper

In the most exquisitely inconsequent of the Bab Ballads, we are told concerning Pasha Bailey Ben:— One morning knocked at half-past eight A tall Red Indian at his gate.

From What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

This is economics in the style of Tamerlane and the Red Indian, and, happily, has no relation to the real facts of modern commercial intercourse.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell

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 Andrew Lang