redskin

Etymology 1
From.

References to indigenous Americans' skin being red can be found from the 1580s, although not consistently (another European in 1584 described indigenous Americans as "yellowish"); in some cases the reference may be not to their skin color per se but to their painting themselves with red paint. A letter ostensibly from 1699, which was formerly cited as the earliest reference to "red skins", was not published until 1900 and is now recognized as fake.

The earliest documented instance of the term "redskin" is from a 1769 discussion between the and John Wilkins, this and other early uses appear to be translating terms meaning red + skin, flesh, or people that the tribes of the Illinois / Mississippi Valley area used to refer to themselves when communicating with the French (who translated such terms 🇨🇬) and with English-speakers (whence redskin).

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Noun

 * 1)  A Native American.

Usage notes
Previously used neutrally, the word began to be used as a term of contempt in the late 1800s; it is now often considered offensive.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:Native American
 * see Thesaurus:Native American

Translations

 * Arabic: هِنْدِيّ أَحْمَر, أَمْرِيكِيّ أَصْلِيّ
 * Belarusian: чырванаску́ры
 * Bulgarian: червеноко́ж
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Estonian: punanahk
 * Finnish: punanahka
 * French:
 * Georgian: წითელკანიანი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: црвеноко́ж
 * Maori: kiriwhero
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pele-vermelha
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: piel roja
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kızılderili
 * Ukrainian: червоношкі́рий
 * Volapük:

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  An anticapitalist skinhead.