Skip to main content

redskin

/red-skin/US // ˈrɛdˌskɪn //UK // (ˈrɛdˌskɪn) //

红皮肤,红皮,红皮肤的人,红皮人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

    • : a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.

Examples

  • Is the word Redskin somehow uniquely inoffensive among racial and ethnic slurs?

  • According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, “Redskin” is labeled “usually offensive.”

  • Now, I should note: Redskin is not the equivalent of the N word, as some are saying.

  • Primary opponent Clint Didier, a former Washington Redskin, has proven difficult to woo thus far.

  • Every Injun I see, big or little, resembles some redskin I had trouble with, back in early days.

  • The drawbridge is raised and the portcullis closed, so that a thieving Redskin would find it a hard matter to make his way in.

  • Silently the redskin turned away and disappeared into the path.

  • Red Ben went back on us, may the fiends take the redskin cur!

  • "Sit down," invited the redskin, motioning toward the ground at his side.