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red·skin

 (rĕd′skĭn′)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.

[Originally a translation of 18th-century Mississippi Valley French Peau Rouge, Native American person (peau, skin + rouge, red), a translation of non-deprecatory Native American self-designations such as Fox meeshkwinameshkaata, literally, "one having red skin" : meshkw-, red + -i-nameshk-, skin + -aa-, to have + -ta, participle suffix (used in opposition to designations of persons of European origin as waapeshkinameshkaata, "one having white skin" : waapeshk-, white + -i-nameshk-, skin + -aa-, to have + -ta, participle suffix).]
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redskin

(ˈrɛdˌskɪn)
n
1. (Languages) an old-fashioned informal name, now highly offensive, for a Native American
2. (Peoples) an old-fashioned informal name, now highly offensive, for a Native American
[C17: so called because one particular tribe, the now extinct Beothuks of Newfoundland, painted themselves with red ochre]
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red•skin

(ˈrɛdˌskɪn)
n.
usage: This term is rarely used today. It is perceived as insulting to Native Americans.
n.
Older Use: Offensive. American Indian.
[1690–1700]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native AmericansRedskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
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Translations
rauîskinni

redskin

[ˈredskɪn] Npiel roja m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

redskin

[ˈrɛdskɪn] n (offensive)Peau-Rouge mfRed Square n (in Moscow)place f Rougered squirrel nécureuil m rouxred tape nbureaucratie f tatillonne, paperasserie fred-top [ˈrɛdtɒp] n (British) (= tabloid newspaper) → tabloïd m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

redskin

[ˈrɛdˌskɪn] n (offensive) → pellerossa m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

red

(red) noun, adjective
1. (of) the colour of blood. a red car/dress / cheeks; red cheeks; a red car/dress / cheeks; Her eyes were red with crying.
2. (of hair or fur) (of) a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown.
3. (a) communist. Red China; A lot of his university friends are Reds.
the Red Army
the army of the former USSR.
ˈredden verb
1. to make or become red or redder. to redden the lips with lipstick.
2. to blush. She reddened as she realized her mistake.
ˈreddish adjective
slightly red. reddish hair.
ˈredness noun
ˈredcurrant noun
a type of garden bush grown for its small red fruit.
ˈredhead noun
a person with red hair.
red herring
1. something that leads people away from the main point in a discussion.
2. a false clue or line of enquiry.
ˌred-ˈhot adjective
(of metal etc) so hot that it is glowing red. red-hot steel; This iron is red-hot.
Red Indian
a North American Indian.
red-letter day
a day which will always be remembered because of something especially good that happened on it.
red tape
annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations.
be in the red
to be in debt.
catch red-handed
to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong. The police caught the thief red-handed.
see red
to become angry. When he started criticizing my work, I really saw red.
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References in classic literature ?
It was the stillest silence they had ever known, broken once by a distant lapping, which Peter explained was the wild beasts drinking at the ford, and again by a rasping sound that might have been the branches of trees rubbing together, but he said it was the redskins sharpening their knives.
your Delawares were the redskins of which America might boast; but few and scattered is that mighty people, now!
And they didn't know how to work, and of course it would not do for the Democratic workers, the noble redskins of the War Whoop League, to support the Republican openly.
If you had seen him, as I did, the morning we beat Dieskau, from behind our log walls, you would have called him as comely a redskin as ye ever set eyes on.
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Lawsuit: Thing that Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder filed in February and dismissed Saturday.
With an estimated annual revenue of $381 million and an overall valuation of $1.7 billion, the Redskins rank as the NFL's third most valuable franchise, according to Forbes.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.
Snyder, the Redskins organisation and Mardirossian have played down the move.
(Ironically enough, in 1987, Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory.)
But, on their next possession -- with the score tied and the season on the line -- Sanchez threw the interception to a sliding Breeland at the Redskins 42.
Since we're playing Fantasy Congress, I'd go a step further and tackle the Redskins issue at the same time.