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

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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

It is a kind of legal fiction to persuade him that, like the bear in the Finnish Kalewala and in the Red Indian and Australian legend, "he does not die".

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

Now he only picked up a great many old fairy tales, told in French, German, Greek, Chinese, Red Indian, Russian, and other languages, and had them translated and printed, with pictures.

From Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang

These rites cannot well be reported here, but they are quite familiar to Red Indian and to Bushman magic. 

From Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang

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

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