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

A not unnatural theory of the Origin of Death is illustrated by a myth from Pentecost Island and a Red Indian myth. 

From Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang

This ‘taboo’ is found in Japanese, Melanesian, and Red Indian accounts of the homes of the dead. 

From Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang

Thus we do not know whether or not the Red Indian version is borrowed from the European myth, probably enough it is not.

From The Book of Romance by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford

This ‘taboo’ is found in Japanese, Melanesian, and Red Indian accounts of the homes of the dead.

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang