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

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

Let us now collect specimens of the evidence for different varieties of cosmogony, ranging from those of the Red Indian tribes to that of the people of Israel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Next day, armed with my sister’s express permission, I overcame his scruples; and off we went to Red Indian Cave.

From Doctor Luke of the Labrador by Duncan, Norman

The resemblance between Scythian and Red Indian manners exercised the learned in the time of Grotius.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew