red man
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Etymology
[edit]In reference to Native Americans, generally accepted to have originated as a reference to their skin color; see redskin for more.
Noun
[edit]- (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An American Indian; a Native American.
- Synonyms: redskin; see also Thesaurus:Native American
- Alternative form: redman
- 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.
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A small figure of a standing man illuminated in red on a traffic light at a pedestrian crossing, indicating that it is not safe to cross the road. [From 20th c.]
- Coordinate term: green man
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, man.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:red man.
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “red man”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.