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redskin
CIDE DICTIONARY
redskin, n.
- A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. It is now considered pejorative by some persons of North American Indian heritage. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
- A member of the
, a football team. [PJC]Washington Redskins
THESAURUS
redskin
American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow manFor further exploring for "redskin" in Webster Dictionary Online