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Definition of Injun
1. Noun. (slang) offensive term for Native Americans.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Definition of Injun
1. Noun. (US slang often offensive) Native American ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Injun
Literary usage of Injun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1875)
"Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack
of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, ..."
2. Play in Education by Joseph Lee (1915)
"CHAPTER XXXV THE IMAGINATIVE PLAY OP THE BIG Injun AGE ALTHOUGH the ... In the
first place the games of the Big Injun age, especially of the earlier part of ..."
3. "Toot Yer Horn" and Other Poems by Ullie R. Akerstrom (1888)
""BIG Injun." E came and sat by our camp fire With a savage's proud disdain.
He was gaudy with paint and feathers,— " Big Eagle " was his name ; I asked him ..."
4. Out where the West Begins: And Other Western Verses by Arthur Chapman (1917)
"Jest a worthless blanket Injun, Blinkin' lazy in the sun; Smokin' cigarettes past
number, While the precious hours run; Never seen a railroad engine, ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack
of the door, as if his longing eyes had been fixed, to the latest moment, ..."
6. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"One Injun alle same 3 whitee man, when Injun know country. In Nez Perce war,
Injun had 700 warriors, and whitee man had 4000. Injun scared whitee man alle ..."
7. In the Tennessee Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree (1884)
"... he hev hed the face an' grace ter come a-prowlin' up hyar on Big Injun Mounting,
... tangled mazes of Big Injun Mounting. The presence of voters in this ..."
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