redskin

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If Merriwell strays alone, let me know and I will hasten to meet him A few moments later the redskin was again left as a sentinel on the mountain side, while Del Norte retraced his steps to the cave where he had sought concealment with his fair captive The sun was touching the tip of a rocky western peak.

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  1. noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.

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  • The redskin was also talking and acting like an almost-aboriginal native of the forest-deserts in this case--but that did not puzzle him either. —  156 - Se-Pah-Poo
  • Steelers 'logo isn't a cartoonish bird or patronizingly noble "redskin"; it is the actual mark of steelmaking - a trio of red, blue, and yellow hypocycloids in a black circle. —  Freakonomics
  • The bear--I had never seen a larger one--was dealing blow after blow with his heavy paws, and the redskin was making the best use of his knife that his cramped position would allow. —  The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada
  • If Merriwell strays alone, let me know and I will hasten to meet him A few moments later the redskin was again left as a sentinel on the mountain side, while Del Norte retraced his steps to the cave where he had sought concealment with his fair captive The sun was touching the tip of a rocky western peak. —  Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win
  • Heap fair Plainly the redskin was delighted with the proposition, and Frank saw this was the only way out of the trap Select the weapons, Del Norte," he said. —  Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win
 

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/ˈrɛdskɪn/
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