red man

See also: redman and Redman

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Noun

red man (plural red men)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, man.
  2. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An American Indian, a Native American.
    • 1977, Angela Carter, “That Arizona Home”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 337:
      The Sacred Circles show was heavily into myth, especially the current myth of the Red Man as mystic.

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Further reading

  • red man”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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