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

There is scarcely a bird or beast but the Red Indian or the Australian will explain its peculiarities by a myth, like a page from Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses.’

From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew

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 Cooper, A. Heaton (Alfred Heaton)

Tightening his belt, he at once glided down the slope, flitted across the rivulet, skimmed over the open space, and melted into the forest after the most approved method of Red Indian tactics.

From Twice Bought by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)