Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur)A Native American.

    Rothaut

    красноко́жийkrasnokóžij, красноко́жаяkrasnokóžaja

    червоношкі́рийčervonoškíryj

    (slang) offensive term for Native Americans

  2. An anticapitalist skinhead.

    The Red & Anarchist Skinheads, a left‐wing splinter of the SHARP group, formed in 1993. It grew out of influences from the redskin culture in England.

Translations

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Origin

From red + skin. From red + skin, from skinhead.

From red + skin.

From red + skin, from skinhead.

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Forms

plural: redskins

Synonyms

3 synonyms
red manNative American
Close in meaning
  • (slang) offensive term for Native Americans:Injun

Word family

2 related words
Relatedredskinnedredskin onion

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
redrawredressreduceB1reductionB1redundancyC2redundantB2
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