Redskin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redskin \Red"skin`\ (-sk?n`), n.
     1. 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 +PJC]


  
     2. (Football) A member of the Washington Redskins, a football
        team.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Redskin
       n : offensive terms for Native Americans [syn: {Injun}, {red man}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 man